Justice: Crack-Sentencing Reform Applies to Old Convictions, and More

Justice: crack-sentencing reform applies to old convictions: ColorLines reports that the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted today to apply retroactively sentencing reform for crack-cocaine convictions that Congress passed last year. This will give more than 12,000 inmates โ€” 85 percent of whom are black โ€” the opportunity to go before a judge and seek a reduction…

Justice: crack-sentencing reform applies to old convictions: ColorLines reports that the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted today to apply retroactively sentencing reform for crack-cocaine convictions that Congress passed last year. This will give more than 12,000 inmates โ€” 85 percent of whom are black โ€” the opportunity to go before a judge and seek a reduction in their sentences. The commission estimates that the decision will reduce sentences by an average of more than three years and could save the government $200 million in the next five years.

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