RSSCongress eases gap on cocaine sentencing
From: The Washington Times | July 28, 2010
Congress on Wednesday changed a quarter-century-old law that has subjected tens of thousands of blacks to long prison terms for crack-cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to abusers, mainly whites, caught with the powder form of the drug.
The House, by voice vote, approved a bill reducing the ...
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