Federal Cocaine Sentences Before and After Passage of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
Passage of the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) in 2010 reduced the 100-to-1 powder-crack cocaine quantity ratio to 18-to-1 to lessen the disparity between powder and crack cocaine sentences. Prior to FSA, individuals sentenced for 5 g of crack cocaine received similar sentences to those sentenced for 500...
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| Language: | English |
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2022
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American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2022, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 770-794 |
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