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Sentencing Reform Starts to Pay Off

In 2010, Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced the vast disparity in the way the federal courts punish crack versus powder cocaine offenses. Instead of treating 100 grams of cocaine the same as 1 gram of crack for ... [read the full story here]

New York Times, Friday, August 2, 2013
Tags: Correctional Policy & Decision-Making, New York
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