Felony amount now only 18 times higher for powder cocaine
(NEWSER) - Congress quietly eased up the federal sentencing guideline on crack cocaine yesterday, addressing one of the more glaring disparities of the drug war. In what critics have called a racist double-standard, possessing a mere 5 grams of crack is considered a felony, compared to 500 grams for powdered cocaine. The bill the House approved yesterday reduces that 100-to-1 disparity to 18-to-1, the Huffington Post reports, upping the crack threshold to 28 grams. More»
