On AlterNet: crack cocaine

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "crack cocaine"

Fair Sentencing Act Sends Some Crack Prisoners Home -- But For Many, Injustice Endures

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. November 7, 2011.

For justice to obtain, legislation must advance to treat cocaine as cocaine, no matter what form it takes.

Federal Crack Prisoners Will Get Sentence Cuts

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. July 2, 2011.

Thousands of inmates imprisoned on federal crack cocaine charges will be able to seek sentence reductions and early release after a US Sentencing Commission vote.

New Crack-Cocaine Sentencing Reform Bill Leaves Thousands Behind Bars

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. October 22, 2009.

The Fairness in Sentencing Act 2009 is anything but fair to the thousands of inmates serving time for drug crimes in federal prisons.

Will Obama End the War on Drugs?

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. May 18, 2009.

Is Obama really committed to a fundamental shift in America's approach to drug policy or is this about serving up a kinder, gentler drug war?

Major Blow Struck Against Racist U.S. Crack Sentencing Rules

Bill Piper, AlterNet. December 13, 2007.

Finally, some good news for drug policy.

Crack Cocaine Sentence Reductions Finally Begin

Jeralyn Merritt, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. November 1, 2007.

Jeralyn Merritt: The 100 to 1 ratio between powder and crack cocaine penalties has no rationale or scientific basis.

Crack Users Do More Time Than People Convicted of Manslaughter

Jessica Pupovac, AlterNet. October 17, 2007.

When crack cocaine possession means 24 years in prison and manslaughter means only 3, you know something is seriously wrong with the U.S. criminal justice system.