On AlterNet: drug sentencing

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Beaten, Tortured and Sentenced 25-to-Life for Minor Drug Offense

Randy Credico, Huffington Post. November 22, 2008.

Enough is enough. It's time to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws, a 36-year failed experiment in racism, injustice and government waste.

Enouraging Signs That the Government Is Rethinking Sending Drug Offenders Straight to Prison

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. September 18, 2008.

The powerful Sentencing Commission has signaled that it intends to focus next year on developing alternatives to imprisonment.

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.