Crack Cocaine — Fair Sentencing Act 2010 Amendment
Federal Criminal Defense Attorney What Is the Crack Cocaine Amendment to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines? Historically, federal law treated those convicted of crack cocaine offenses much more harshly than those convicted of offenses involving cocaine. This is despite the fact that chemically the substances are very similar and physiologically they react with the body in the same way. The sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and cocaine offenses was originally 100 to 1. This means that if a conviction for 100 grams of cocaine would result in a 30 year sentence, it would only take 1 [...]