While we wait for the United States Senate to pass the Equal Act, effectively and finally eliminating the sentencing disparity between two forms of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Gen. Merrick Garland outlined ...

Lawmakers are making a last-ditch push to pass legislation that seeks to reduce — but not entirely erase — sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine offenses before the year is finished.

Attorney General Merrick Garland issued new guidance on Friday essentially eliminating the disparity in federal sentencing for the distribution of crack cocaine versus powder cocaine, a policy that ...

Washington, DC – The ACLU submitted testimony to the Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs of the Senate Judiciary Committee for today’s hearing, titled "Federal Cocaine Sentencing Laws: Reforming the ...

Bill Piper and Ethan Nadelmann [Director of National Affairs and Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance]: "US Attorney General Eric Holder's recent call for eliminating the crack/powder cocaine ...

Salon columnist Joe Conason whacked U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan because, as deputy director of President Bill Clinton’s Domestic Policy Council in 1997, she supported a compromise measure ...

The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which will at last narrow the divide between prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine busts, is on its way to President Obama’s desk today. The Senate passed the ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland instructed federal prosecutors Friday to end sentencing disparities between offenders convicted of crimes involving crack and powder cocaine, a decadeslong policy that ...