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A bill that would have erased long-standing racial disparities in federal drug crimes failed to clear the Senate, disappointing thousands of people in prison and their families.
The Senate failed to advance a bill that would have reduced one of the most persistent racial disparities in criminal justice: punishment for crack cocaine.(Story aired on ATC on Jan. 9, 2023.)
Legal scholars and researchers—David Mares of UC San Diego, Mark Osler of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, and Doris Marie Provine of Arizona State University—discuss U.S. Attorney Gen. Merrick Garland's recent guidance on ending federal sentencing disparities for crack cocaine
The Equal Act is stalled in the Senate amid GOP objections after passing the House last year.
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey is taking a lead role in pushing for federal drug sentencing reform to even out penalties for cocaine-related offenses regardless of form.