Congress Passes Legislation on Cocaine Sentencing Disparity

[DaemonSeid]

No...we are going to have people in jail because crack and cocaine possession are now both nearly equal under the law.

Yes...Way to go Congress!!

If Billy Jones has 500 grams of cocaine and Donte Jenkins has 500 grams of crack...BOTH will do equal time.

Billy won't get that smack on the wrists like he used to!

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

No...we are going to have more people in jail because crack and cocaine possession are now both equal under the law.

Yes...Way to go Congress!!

No they're not equal, but much closer.

Also still probably fewer people, not more.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

No they're not equal, but much closer.

Also still probably fewer people, not more.

Yeah go it...made the appropriate change...

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Yeah go it...made the appropriate change...

No you're still wrong.

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

No...we are going to have people in jail because crack and cocaine possession are now both nearly equal under the law.

Yes...Way to go Congress!!

If Billy Jones has 500 grams of cocaine and Donte Jenkins has 500 grams of crack...BOTH will do equal time.

Billy won't get that smack on the wrists like he used to!

No you have it backwards. They're lowering the sentence times for crack not raising them for powder cocaine. Or more specifically they're lowering the comparative crack:powder quantity conversions.

No longer would someone with 5 grams of crack face the same punishment as someone with 500 grams of powder cocaine. Now 5 grams of crack will be treated like 90 grams of powder. Still a disparity but far better.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

No you're still wrong.


No you have it backwards. They're lowering the sentence times for crack not raising them for powder cocaine. Or more specifically they're lowering the comparative crackowder quantity conversions.

No longer would someone with 5 grams of crack face the same punishment as someone with 500 grams of powder cocaine. Now 5 grams of crack will be treated like 90 grams of powder. Still a disparity but far better.

ok.

Still in the ball park of what I was thinking (still a bit loopy right now)...

Im trying to find the thread that this was discussed in where we discussed the disparity of crack vs coke sentences and how that also translated to racial inequality

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

ok.

Still in the ball park of what I was thinking (still a bit loopy right now)...

Im trying to find the thread that this was discussed in where we discussed the disparity of crack vs coke sentences and how that also translated to racial inequality

It was the Arizona Immigration thread. Started on this page.