US to end crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparity

Garland Moves to End Disparities in Crack Cocaine Sentencing

Attorney General Merrick Garland has taken action to end sentencing disparities that have imposed harsher penalties for different forms of cocaine and worsened racial inequity in the U.S. justice system. For decades federal law has imposed harsher sentences for crack cocaine even though it isn't scientifically different from powder cocaine, creating "unwarranted racial disparities," Garland wrote in a memo Friday to federal prosecutors. "They ar…

US Attorney General Merrick Garland instructs federal prosecutors to end drug charging disparities

United States Attorney General Merrick Garland instructed federal prosecutors Friday to end disparities in the way they charge offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine. This policy applies with particular force in drug cases brought under Title 21 of the United States Code, where mandatory minimum sentences based on drug type and quantity have resulted in disproportionately severe sentences for certain defendants with perceived and ac…

Justice Department Finally Ends Racist Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity

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Garland moves to end disparities in crack cocaine sentencing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has taken action to end sentencing...

US Attorney General Merrick Garland moves to end crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparities

Garland said the disparity is "not supported by science," remarking that "there are no significant pharmacological differences between the drugs."

Justice Dept. moves to end disparities in crack cocaine sentencing

Attorney General Merrick Garland has taken action to end sentencing disparities that have imposed harsher penalties for different forms of cocaine and worsened racial inequity in the U.S. justice system.