S. 1789, Drug Sentencing Disparity Bill, Stalled in Judiciary Yet Again

Waiting for the Senate Judiciary Committee to finally consider S. 1789, the Fair Sentencing Act, is like watching a production of Waiting for Godot. The bill, which would bring the crazily draconian sentences for crack cocaine possession down to the level of sentences for powder cocaine possession, has been brought up on the agenda of the business meetings of the Judiciary Committee for months and months now. Each week it’s delayed until the next meeting. Yesterday’s business meeting of the Judiciary Committee brought no exception. Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy promises that next week, the bill will be brought up for real. I’ll believe it when I see it.