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This month Jon M. Sands reviews When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey.
NACDL President Jim Lavine's written statement to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed amendments to the sentencing guidelines, particularly in relation to the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (S. 1789).
Coalition letter to members of the Senate regarding the federal sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses and the plan to eliminate them as addressed in the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act (S. 79/H.R. 1693, 2021).
NACDL President Jim Lavine's written statement to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding amending the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (S. 1789) to apply retroactively to maintain fairness in sentencing application.
Comments to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding the powder v. crack cocaine sentencing disparity.
Coalition letter to House and Senate Judiciary Committee leadership and Congressional leadership regarding the sentencing and racial disparities between crack and powder cocaine offenses, as addressed in the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act (S. 79 / H.R. 1693, 2021).
Kyle O'Dowd, Shana-Tara Regon and Michael Price, Notes from the Defense Bar: Fighting for Reform on Three Fronts During the Obama Administration, Federal Sentencing Reporter (December 2010).
President Carmen Hernandez's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding federal cocaine sentencing laws, and the crack v. powder disparity.
President John Wesley Hall's statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs regarding fair sentencing and the crack-powder cocaine disparity.
Treasurer William Moffitt's statement to the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime regarding the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
President John Wesley Hall's letter to a member of the House regarding Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act and Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act (H.R. 265 and H.R. 1459, 2009).
President John Wesley Hall's letter to members of the Senate regarding sentencing disparity in crack and powder cocaine cases.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders in support of petititoners.
