Comments on: Senate Judiciary Votes to Lessen But Continue Cocaine Sentencing Disparity

By: Federal Inmate

Federal Inmate — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:05:31 +0000

How in Gods name can you justify locking up all these people for a drug offense for longer times than a murderer gets??. what kind of upside down justice is that??. How is that making the streets safer when the killers go free and those who hurt nobody remain behind bars. We simply can’t afford that nonsense anymore.

By: Federal Inmate

Federal Inmate — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:04:50 +0000

If the tables were turned and white citizens were 85% of the defendants locked up for crack, this law would have been changed 10-20 years ago, the majority white senate would have never allowed that to happen to their children and neighbors, not in a million years. Its not fair to anybody!!!!

By: Federal Inmate

Federal Inmate — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:04:21 +0000

The House version of the crack disparity has already been passed 1 to 1 and has been on the floor since July. Everybody needs to rally the senate and demand they reconcile their bill to match the house version and get this passed 1 to 1 immediately. They had knowledge of this since 1995 and have failed to fix their mistake yet!!!!.

By: Federal Inmate

Federal Inmate — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:03:16 +0000

Congress has destroyed thousands of families in the inner citys across this country by taking away the mothers of all these children for non-violent drug offenses. I could see if they sent them to prison for like a year or so, but 10 and 20 years!!!! That is outrageous and they should be ashamed of themselves. Any mothers most important job is to raise her children. Shame on you Congress!!

By: Federal Inmate

Federal Inmate — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:02:27 +0000

The Supreme Court, Sentencing Comm., US Dept of Justice, the President and Vice Pres. and scores of other lawyers, prosecutors, probation officers, etc. ALL are in agreement that there is no reason whatsoever for there to be a difference in crack and powder, so why are the repubs in the Senate so determined to still treat black defendants more harshly than white??. Everybody needs to email the Senators right now and demand some answers and demand they make this bill 1-1 right now, no further delay!!!!

By: ramone

ramone — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:52:20 +0000

rats nodding out are never violent. rats snorting up are mean. rats smoking the shit will kill you! sounds like orrin has been there and done that.

By: Federal inmate

Federal inmate — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:34:35 +0000

Dear US Senate, I am appalled at the nerve of you all to still insist on making a difference between crack and powder cocaine. Shame on you, shame on all of you!!!!. How can you justify the continuation of such a policy??. Get this bill straightened out and do it without any further delay. You make us all think the police officers unions and prison unions are applying pressure to you all to not fix what you know is unfair. I pray that is not the case!!!!. Tell them not to worry there will never be a shortage of prisoners to go around. Stop thinking of these human beings as a commodity by trying to keep them locked up just so you can have free slave labor through private prison industries. Stop ruining lives. help our country get back on the right track by treating all its citizens the same. This is like modern day Jim Crow!!!!.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:33:19 +0000

Geez, with gas so high (due to Wall Street speculators, not demand), raising food and other commodity prices, how can anyone afford cocaine for “fun” anymore?