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Prison Fellowship joins campaign to reform cocaine sentencing guidelines

Prison Fellowship joins campaign to reform cocaine sentencing guidelines
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Why do we still punish crack and powder cocaine offenses differently?

The crack-powder sentencing disparity is the most racially discriminatory provision in federal law and it has been on the books for 35 years. In 1986, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden Within a few years, all of the justifications for the wildly disparate treatment, including the allegedly extra addictive nature of crack, were proven false. But the fallout from this piece of the war on drugs was just beginning. Cheaper than cocaine, crack became the drug of choice for poor people, including many Black Americans, and the two-fold problem of drug addiction and lengthy prison sentences on crack hit Black communities the hardest.

Colleagues, friends remember Maus as kind and fair

Colleagues, friends remember Maus as kind and fair “The unique thing with Earl was he always was a pretty humble man,” Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch said. “. He respected everybody, whether you re here for court, you were in trouble or you were a coworker, he really treated everybody with dignity or respect .. and that carried right through with him being a judge. I think Earl had a unique ability to impose a penalty on somebody and they would thank him when they were done. “Earl remembered where he came from and how he got there and was an all around great person. You couldn’t ask for a better person to work with. He was a great person, a good listener and he always had good advice.”

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