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2. Biden commutes more sentences, this time for 2,500 non ... - AOL

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   The move provides clemency relief to individuals who were sentenced based on discredited distinctions between crack and powder cocaine and outdated sentencing enhancements for drug crimes ...

3. Terry v. United States - Wikipedia

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   For example, the tier 2 possession level was increased to 28 grams (0.99 oz) of crack cocaine. Later, in 2018, the First Step Act was passed that, among other provisions, allowed those sentenced on drug-possession charges prior to the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act's altered levels to seek resentencing. [1]

4. Biden administration backs bill to undo cocaine sentencing ...

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   The top White House drug policy official testified that the disparities have "caused significant harm for decades, particularly for individuals, families and communities of color."

5. Smarter Sentencing Act - Wikipedia

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   Smarter Sentencing Act of 2017 S. 1933: October 5, 2017 Mike Lee (R-UT) 26 Died in committee 116th Congress: Smarter Sentencing Act of 2019 S. 2850: November 13, 2019 Mike Lee (R-UT) 12 Died in committee 117th Congress: Smarter Sentencing Act of 2021 S. 1013: March 25, 2021 Dick Durbin (D-IL) 12 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

6. Fair Sentencing Act - Wikipedia

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   Crack cocaine. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–220 (text)) was an Act of Congress that was signed into federal law by United States President Barack Obama on August 3, 2010, that reduces the disparity between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to trigger certain federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio [1] and eliminated the ...

7. Judge says pardon can't 'rewrite history' of Hunter Biden's ...

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   In June, a jury in Delaware convicted Hunter Biden of illegally buying and owning a gun while using crack cocaine. Hunter Biden was set to be sentenced on Dec. 12 in the federal gun case in ...

8. First Step Act - Wikipedia

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   United States (2021), the Court decided unanimously that the resentencing provisions of Section 404, applying to changes in the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act, only apply to possession crimes that carried mandatory minimum sentences (tier 1 and 2 charges, both which were evoked on carrying minimum quantities of crack cocaine), and not tier 3 ...

9. 'Shocking loss': Supreme Court ruling on crack sentences ...

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