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Obama Signs Reagan Version of Crack Sentencing

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Today, President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. This act raises the amount of crack cocaine needed for various sentencing levels, reducing the crack/powder ratio to about 18.  In 1986, the Reagan Administration proposed a ratio of 20. In Congress, then-Senator Biden and others boosted the ratio to 100.  See 153 Cong. Rec. S8614, col. 2 (daily ed. June 27, 2007) (statement of Senator Biden). So, as of today, we are essentially back to the Reagan Administration proposal.

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