Crack cocaine sentencing http://www.npr.org Crack cocaine sentencing en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:29:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Crack cocaine sentencing http://www.npr.org The Ultimate Crack Down: We Know Not What We Do Mandatory sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine disproportionately affected black people. Why? Caryn Devins and Stuart Kauffman argue that simple laws introduced into complex networks, such as our legal system, produce unintended consequences. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:29:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/06/25/155699660/the-ultimate-crack-down-we-know-not-what-we-do?ft=1&f=125955208 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/06/25/155699660/the-ultimate-crack-down-we-know-not-what-we-do?ft=1&f=125955208 Mandatory sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine disproportionately affected black people. Why? Caryn Devins and Stuart Kauffman argue that simple laws introduced into complex networks, such as our legal system, produce unintended consequences.

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]]> Cocaine Mule Busted In Sao Paulo A man arrested Monday at an airport in Brazil had quite a bit of undeclared carry-on luggage: 72 bags containing almost a kilogram of cocaine inside his body. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:20:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/09/16/140531766/cocaine-mule-busted-in-sao-paulo?ft=1&f=125955208 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/09/16/140531766/cocaine-mule-busted-in-sao-paulo?ft=1&f=125955208 A man arrested Monday at an airport in Brazil had quite a bit of undeclared carry-on luggage: 72 bags containing almost a kilogram of cocaine inside his body.

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]]> Crack Cocaine 'Fair Sentencing Act' Should Be Retroactive, Holder Says Enacted last year, the law reduced the 100-1 disparity between sentences for offenses involving crack and powder cocaine. Now, the attorney general says, "equal treatment under law" requires that it be applied to some of those previously convicted. Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:02:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/01/136852435/crack-cocaine-fair-sentencing-act-should-be-retroactive-holder-says?ft=1&f=125955208 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/01/136852435/crack-cocaine-fair-sentencing-act-should-be-retroactive-holder-says?ft=1&f=125955208 Enacted last year, the law reduced the 100-1 disparity between sentences for offenses involving crack and powder cocaine. Now, the attorney general says, "equal treatment under law" requires that it be applied to some of those previously convicted.

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]]> House Votes To Narrow Crack, Powder Cocaine Penalties The House voted to narrow the gap in disparate penalties in crack and powder cocaine. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:35:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/07/28/128830131/house-votes-to-narrow-crack-powder-cocaine-penalties?ft=1&f=125955208 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/07/28/128830131/house-votes-to-narrow-crack-powder-cocaine-penalties?ft=1&f=125955208 The House voted to narrow the gap in disparate penalties in crack and powder cocaine.

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]]> Ruling Allows Early Prison Release, but Then What? The show we planned at 11 p.m. yesterday bares only a slight resemblance to the show you heard today ... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:39:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/tellmemore/2008/03/ruling_allows_early_prison_rel.html?ft=1&f=125955208 http://www.npr.org/blogs/tellmemore/2008/03/ruling_allows_early_prison_rel.html?ft=1&f=125955208 The show we planned at 11 p.m. yesterday bares only a slight resemblance to the show you heard today ...

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