Government
Mar. 13, 2010
Crack Sentencing May Narrow
After reaching a bipartisan compromise, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed legislation Thursday to close the disparity in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - After reaching a bipartisan compromise, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed legislation Thursday to narrow the disparity in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine.
The bill originally called for the 100:1 disparity - in which it takes 100 times as much powder to trigger the same mandatory minimum sentence as crack - to be eliminated entirely. But lawmakers agreed ...
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