Re:Newark cops, with reform, didn't fire a single shot in 2020
by Seam0nkey on Saturday April 24, 2021 @01:18PM
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>That policy was rectified many years ago.
You're half right - the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act reformed the punishment ratio from 100:1 to about 18:1, and later in 2018 Congress made this change retroactive. This certainly improved the issue, but lawmakers continue to discuss whether it should be eliminated entirely.
You're half right - the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act reformed the punishment ratio from 100:1 to about 18:1, and later in 2018 Congress made this change retroactive. This certainly improved the issue, but lawmakers continue to discuss whether it should be eliminated entirely.
Source: https://www.vox.com/2021/3/19/22336224/equal-act-cocaine-sen...