Supreme Court hears arguments on definition of 'cocaine base', patent rights
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in DePierre v. United States on whether the term "cocaine base" in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines ...
Supreme Court hears arguments on definition of 'cocaine base', patent rights
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in DePierre v. United States on whether the term "cocaine base" in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines ...
Supreme Court hears arguments in sentence reduction, patent infringement cases
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases: one determining whether a court may modify a sentence when the US Sentencing Commission has subsequently lowered the sentence range...
Supreme Court to rule on interviewing suspected child sex abuse victims
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in six cases. In the consolidated cases of Camreta v. Greene and Alford v. Greene ,...
Julie Stewart : "Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill to reduce the infamous 100:1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. The Senate approved the bill in March. Today, President Obama...
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed legislation that reduces the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 amends existing law to reduce the current sentencing ratio...
Eric Sterling : "Thursday's passage of the Fair Sentencing Act proved that I have been very wrong about this legislation. I was wrong in not believing that fairness in sentencing, fairness for convicted African-American crack...
US House approves bill to reduce cocaine sentencing disparity
The US House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that would reduce the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 would amend existing law to reduce the...
The US Senate unanimously passed legislation Wednesday to reduce sentencing disparities for powder and crack cocaine offenses. The Fair Sentencing Act, introduced by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) , would amend...
Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill reducing cocaine sentencing disparities
The US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday unanimously approved a bill to reduce sentencing disparities for powder and crack cocaine offenses. The Fair Sentencing Act, introduced by Senator Dick Durbin , is intended...
House committee passes bill to eliminate cocaine sentencing disparity
The US House Judiciary Committee voted 16-9 Wednesday to approve a bill that would eliminate sentencing disparities for powder and crack cocaine offenses. The bill, co-sponsored by committee chairman John Conyers (D-MI)...