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Nightline. Unequal justice /

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"It takes 500 grams of powder cocaine to receive the same sentence that is meted out for possession of only five grams of crack cocaine. Yet five grams of crack is a user's dose, while 500 grams of cocaine is a dealer's supply. Why a 100-to-1 disparity? In this program, ABC News ancho...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Nightline (Television program).
Corporate Authors: ABC News Productions, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: Koppel, Ted, 1940 February 8-, Dahler, Don, Leahy, Patrick J., Sessions, Jeff, 1946-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2002]
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Crack (Drug) > Government policy > United States.
Cocaine > Government policy > United States.
Mandatory sentences > United States.
Public affairs > Television series > Videodisc.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:"It takes 500 grams of powder cocaine to receive the same sentence that is meted out for possession of only five grams of crack cocaine. Yet five grams of crack is a user's dose, while 500 grams of cocaine is a dealer's supply. Why a 100-to-1 disparity? In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent Don Dahler explore how the panic inspired by crack cocaine in the 1980s has left a legacy of crowded jails with overwhelmingly African-American populations. Twenty years after crack was declared a menace to society, should lawmakers and courts reassess the penalties for this drug?"--Container.
Item Description:Originally broadcast as an episode of the ABC series Nightline on August 22, 2002.
"FFH 30829"--Container. "30829"--Disc surface.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Audience:Not rated.