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With Changes Stalled in Congress, Attorney General Making Moves to End Glaring Sentencing Disparities in Cocaine Cases
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Sentencing rules imposed in the 1980s have long led to harsher penalties for different forms of cocaine and, experts say, worsened racial inequity in the U.S. justice system.
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The disparity has long been seen as unfairly targeting people of color, which Attorney General Merrick Garland said is “still responsible for unwarranted racial disparities in sentencing.”
Sentencing rules imposed in the 1980s have long led to harsher penalties for different forms of cocaine and, experts say, worsened racial inequity in the U.S. justice system.
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday instructed federal prosecutors to end charging and sentencing disparities in cases involving the distribution of crack and powder cocaine, after decades of law enforcement
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.
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland instructed federal prosecutors Friday to end sentencing disparities between offenders convicted of crimes involving crack and powder cocaine, a decadeslong policy that has led to disproportionate prison sentences for Black Americans compared…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Merrick Garland has taken action to end sentencing disparities that have imposed harsher penalties for different forms
