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Racial debate over crack cocaine penalties cited in trial
The article notes that about 80 percent of federal crack offenders are Black, challenging the 100 to one crack versus powder cocaine ratio as racially biased. It discusses calls for reform, quotes academics, and details the Trotter brothers case in Kansas City where sentencing seeks leniency to offset the disparity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Reinarman
University of California,Santa Cruz
Maurice Trotter
LHS
Kansas
Danny Manning
Trotters
NBA
Pinckney
Ind
Lawrence
Tarik Khatib
Khatib
Len Bias
U.S
Kansas City
Kan
Carlos Murguia
Murguia
Kirk Redmond
Mardell Trotter
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Congress
Redmond