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Is the House finally about to pass the compromise crack/powder reform bill?

By Douglas A. Berman

As regular readers know, there has mostly been radio silence in the House of representatives concerning reform of federal crack/powder statutes since the Senate passed a compromise reform bill back in March.  But lately there has been a lot more buzz about this bill, including this editorial in today's New York Times headlined "The House Should Listen and Learn."  (This follows up last week's Washington Pot editorial on the same topic.)  Here is an excerpt of the NYT editorial: A ?tough on crime? federal law that requires harsher prison terms for people arrested with crack cocaine than with the powered version of the drug is scientifically indefensible and hugely unfair. A bill that reduces this onerous sentencing disparity has passed the Senate easily...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 26, 2010 (boomark / email).