Court: Reduced crack sentences not retroactive
A 2010 law designed to eliminate harsher sentences for black offenders convicted of crack cocaine crimes should not apply retroactively, a federal appeals court ruled in a deeply divided decision that several dissenting judges wrote amounts to furthering racial discrimination.
7th Circuit says life sentence for crack dealer doesn’t violate Eighth Amendment
The Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment does not preclude a mandatory life sentence for dealers who possess a smaller quantity of crack cocaine than the quantity of powder cocaine necessary to trigger a similar sentence, the 7th Circuit has ruled.
Court: Use new drug sentencing law in crack cases (UPDATE)
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that people who committed crack cocaine crimes before more lenient penalties took effect and received their prison sentence afterward should benefit from the new rules.
Sentencing — crack cocaine — retroactivity
11-1313, 11-1323, 11-2057, 11-2061, 11-2062 & 11-2071 U.S. v. Davis
High court debates cocaine sentencing law
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 reduced the sentencing disparity between defendants convicted of crack cocaine-related crimes and those convicted of crimes involving the powder version of the drug.
Court seems split on when to apply new sentences
The Supreme Court seemed split Tuesday on whether criminals who were arrested but not yet sentenced for crack cocaine offenses should be able to take advantage of newly reduced sentences.
10-2450 U.S. v. Curtis Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Reinhard, J., Tinder, J.
Sentencing Crack cocaine
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