December 12, 2007 ... This sentencing disparity emerged in the mid Eighties, when lawmakers mandated harsh sentences in response to the country's cocaine epidemic. ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/12/cracks_in_the_system.html
November 01, 2007 ... It's called "sentencing disparity," and Professor Douglas Berman says it's so important he wonders whether "criminal justice reform should be the new civil ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/11/the_100_to_1_ratio_1.html
