RSSChange in cocaine sentencing laws urged
From: The Washington Times | April 30, 2009
The Obama administration joined a federal judge Wednesday in urging Congress to end a racial disparity by equalizing prison sentences for dealing and using crack versus powdered cocaine. “Jails are loaded with people who look like me,” U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, who is black, told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing. Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said the administration believes Congress’ goal “should be to completely eliminate the disparity” between the two forms of cocaine. “A growing number of citizens view it as fundamentally unfair,” Mr. Breuer testified. It takes 100 times more powdered cocaine than crack cocaine to …
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