
Crack Offenses Reduced
Commission Makes Thousands of Prisoners Jailed on Crack Offenses Eligible for Reduced Sentences
A day after a landmark Supreme Court ruling, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to give federal prisoners jailed on crack cocaine offenses a chance to reduce their sentences. We speak with attorney Deborah Small and Kemba Smith, who was sentenced to more than twenty-four years in prison on drug conspiracy charges. She received clemency in 2000.
Ref. https://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/12/com...makes_thousands