Federal Cocaine Sentencing : Legal Issues.

Examines legal issues related to cocaine sentencing policy, focusing on disparity in cocaine trafficking penalties for crack and powder cocaine which disproportionately affects African-Americans. Reviews challenges to sentencing disparity.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1996.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	African Americans. Race discrimination. Sentences (Criminal procedure) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Examines legal issues related to cocaine sentencing policy, focusing on disparity in cocaine trafficking penalties for crack and powder cocaine which disproportionately affects African-Americans. Reviews challenges to sentencing disparity.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.