'Slow Moving Holocaust' Keeps Prisons Full

'Slow moving holocaust' keeps prisons full
Filed under: Crack Vs Cocaine Disparity
She referenced the two-decades-old sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses, which Congress finally brought closer in line in 2010. Kaba's interest in the prison issue began in the early 1990s when she was just out of college and … Read more on Chicago Tribune

 

Presidential Debates Ignore Other Big Ticket Items
Filed under: Crack Vs Cocaine Disparity
It has wreaked havoc and mayhem on families, swamped prisons, and the courts, and ballooned state and federal prison budgets. Romney has been mute on the issue. Obama has taken quiet action to end the disparities in crack cocaine sentencing, and has … Read more on New America Media