Clyburn Agrees with New Drug Sentencing Guidelines
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Majority Whip and former Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, James E. Clyburn, today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday that federal judges can impose shorter sentences for crack cocaine crimes, making them more in line with those for powder cocaine.
“I am hopeful that yesterday’s ruling by the Supreme Court will bring parity and an enhanced equity to prosecutions in this country. The previous mandatory sentencing guidelines imposed for crack cocaine offenses were grotesquely unfair and had a debilitating impact on communities of color.
“I applaud the seven Justices who formed the majority opinion in the Kimbrough case for their sense of rationality and fairness.”
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