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Sentencing Commission Urged To Apply Guidelines Retroactively
June 01, 2011
“It would be cruel to change policy because of the injustice they suffered only to deny them relief." ...
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Civil Rights Groups Urge Retroactive Application Of Sentencing Reforms
May 25, 2011
Signatories included the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Rev. Al Sharpton. ...
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Sentencing In Hate Crime Against Katrina Victim
November 08, 2010
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Sentencing In New Orleans Danziger Bridge Case
September 24, 2010
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Obama Signs Sentencing Disparity Bill
August 04, 2010
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SC Eliminates Crack/Powder Sentencing Disparity And Mandatory Minimums
June 11, 2010
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ACLU Advocates For Abolition Of Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
May 28, 2010
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NAACP: Senate Didn't Go Far Enough When It Passed The Fair Sentencing Act
March 19, 2010
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The Sentencing Project Launches "One-Of-A-Kind" Website
March 22, 2010
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund Speaks Out On Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Action
March 15, 2010
We are deeply troubled by the action of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday refusing to eliminate the unjustified, discriminatory sentencing disparity between the powder and crack forms of cocaine. Acknowledging that (1) there is no justification whatsoever for the disparity in sentencing between ...
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STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR PATERSON REGARDING LATEISHA GREEN SENTENCING
August 20, 2009
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Mom Notified Via Automated Message Son's Killer Released From Prison One Year After Sentencing
July 02, 2009
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Racial Inequalities in Conviction and Sentencing
July 01, 2009
The United States continues to punish minorities, especially African Americans, who are arrested at rates far higher than Caucasians who are arrested ...
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"Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy" Symposium Wednesday
June 23, 2009
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CBC Hosts "Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy" Symposium
June 18, 2009
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Crack, Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Undermines Criminal Justice System
May 29, 2009
Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, testified today before the U.S. Sentencing Commission about the need for action ...
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House Considers Bills To Equalize Federal Crack And Powder Cocaine Sentencing
May 21, 2009
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing today on eliminating the unjust and discriminatory 100-to-1 disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences under federal law. ...
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Over 75 Groups And Law Professors Push Congress To Eliminate 100-To-1 Crack Sentencing Disparity
April 30, 2009
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Latinos Become Majority In Federal Prisons
September 08, 2011
A new report from the U.S. Sentencing Commission reveals, for the first time, Latinos make up more than half of all federal felony offenders sentenced so far this year. The report shows that Latinos comprised 50.3 percent of all federal felony offenders sentenced in the first nine months of fiscal year 2011. Felony immigration crimes accounted for most of the increase. Hispanics outnumber all other ethnic groups ...
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ACLU Issues Report On Reducing US Incarceration Rates
August 09, 2011
Bipartisan reforms in historically “tough on crime†states have significantly reduced incarceration rates, saved taxpayers billions of dollars, lowered crime rates and should be emulated nationwide, according to a new report ...
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ACLU Challenges "Pay Or Stay" Prison Policy
August 04, 2011
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan said today that they are challenging “pay or stay†sentences imposed on five persons across the state who were illegally jailed for being too poor to pay court fines. ...
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NAACP Calls For End To Drug War
August 01, 2011
The NAACP has passed an historic resolution calling to an end the war on drugs with a majority vote at its annual convention in Los Angeles. The resolution outlines key details of the war on drugs, which the organization notes are crucial failings; the U.S. spends $40 billion annually on the war, and low-level drug offenders ...
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Racist Murderer Gets Life For Killing Black Lawman
July 06, 2011
The Justice Department announced that Dale Mardis, 57, was sentenced today to life in prison, with no possibility of parole, for the racially-motivated killing of Shelby County, Tenn., Code Enforcement Officer Mickey Wright. Mardis was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Bernice Donald. ...
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Crack Offenders Eligible For Early Release
June 30, 2011
Thousands of federal prisoners locked up for offenses involving crack cocaine will be eligible for early release following today's vote by the United States Sentencing Commission to apply the Fair Sentencing Act guidelines retroactively ...
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New Tribal Justice Center Project Reaches Milestone
June 30, 2011
The Oglala Sioux Tribe, Department of Public Safety (OST-DPS) today announced that designs for a new free-standing justice center in Pine Ridge, South Dakota are nearly 50 percent complete. Marking the first major construction ...
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Nation's Mayors Speak Out On "Failed" War On Drugs
June 22, 2011
According to the mayors’ resolution, the Criminal Justice commission will produce recommendations to “reduce crime and violence, improve cost-effectiveness, ensure the interests of justice at every step of the criminal justice system…reduce incarceration, reform U.S. drug policy, eliminate racial and gender disparities ...
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Report: More Hispanics Go To Federal Prison
June 06, 2011
Statistics released this week revealed that Hispanics now comprise nearly half of all people sentenced for federal felony crimes, a number swollen by immigration offenses. ...
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Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty For Cross Burning
May 12, 2011
“The burning cross is an unmistakable symbol of bigotry and hate, and to use it to threaten a family with violence because the race of a child is intolerable." ...
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Guilty Pleas In Firebombing Of Interracial Couple's Home
May 11, 2011
“Firebombing a family’s home because of their race is a deplorable act of hate that will not be tolerated in our country,†said Thomas E. Perez. ...
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Court House Confederate Flag Draws Fire From ACLU
May 10, 2011
The 11 whites and one African-American that comprised his jury walked past the flag dozens of times before rendering a verdict and voting on a sentence. ...
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