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Mr. Holder's comments marked his first public statement on how past crack-cocaine defendants should be handled since the Fair Sentencing Act was signed into law last August.

New Terms in Crack Debate Gary Fields 2011

Holder said reduced penalties for crack-cocaine offenses should be retroactive, a move that could lead to the release of thousands of prisoners.

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The country is also facing a growing crack-cocaine crisis.

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Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that new reduced penalties for federal crack-cocaine offenses should be applied retroactively, setting up a clash over the potential release of thousands of drug offenders currently in prison.

New Terms in Crack Debate Gary Fields 2011

Federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws related to powder or crack-cocaine offenses, for example, have been identified as a key culprit in soaring incarceration rates for African American men and women alike.

Marianne Mollmann: Race, Class and Justice in the U.S. Legal System: Still a Long Way From the Promised Land Marianne Mollmann 2012

I live a block away from this place, I would like to know who sourced their crack-cocaine, because +$6 for a bagel is utter insanity.

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He told detectives he was there to get revenge for a botched crack-cocaine deal, the law-enforcement official said, but investigators believe he attacked the wrong house.

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It is, however, a reality and I believe that if people caught with a small amount of crack-cocaine need to feel its weight coming down on their bodies, then people who commit violent acts of sexual assault surely need to feel it too.

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His comments marked the first public statements on the administration's position on how past crack-cocaine defendants should be handled since the Fair Sentencing Act was signed into law last August.

Lower Crack Sentences to Apply Retroactively Gary Fields 2011

Federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws related to powder or crack-cocaine offenses, for example, have been identified as a key culprit in soaring incarceration rates for African American men and women alike.

Marianne Mollmann: Race, Class and Justice in the U.S. Legal System: Still a Long Way From the Promised Land Marianne Mollmann 2012