ACLU Discussion on Crack Cocaine Sentencing


	ACLU Discussion on Crack Cocaine Sentencing

sincitykitty

10-16-2009 1:19 PM

52 views

tags:

failed war on drugs

sincitykitty says:

October marks the 23rd anniversary of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, which resulted in stricter punishments for low-level crack offenses, compared to powder cocaine offenses.

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from October 16, 2009

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3de94f4f-379d-4625-abec-50a924bcb90d/907F48B5-85B2-4EA2-B20E-92BEB0C65C8E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/10/13/HP/A/24240/ACLU+Discussion+on+Crack+Cocaine+Sentencing.aspx" href="http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/10/13/HP/A/24240/ACLU+Discussion+on+Crack+Cocaine+Sentencing.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">www.c-span.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/10/13/HP/A/24240/ACLU+Discussion+on+Crack+Cocaine+Sentencing.aspx"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="feature-content"><H4>
									<SPAN id="ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_lblTitle">ACLU Discussion on Crack Cocaine Sentencing</SPAN></H4><DIV>
								<SPAN class="gray" id="ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_lblProgramDt">Tuesday</SPAN></DIV>
<SPAN id="ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_lblDescription">October marks the 23rd anniversary of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, which resulted in stricter punishments for low-level crack offenses, compared to powder cocaine offenses. The American Civil Liberties Union hosted a discussion on whether the law distinguishing between crack and powder cocaine should continue.</SPAN>
<SPAN class="gray" id="ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_lblLocation">Washington, DC</SPAN><SPAN class="gray" id="ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_lblLength"> : 1 hr. 52 min.</SPAN>
<IMG src="http://www.c-span.org/ImagesSite/spacer.gif" alt="" />
							</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/10/13/HP/A/24240/ACLU+Discussion+on+Crack+Cocaine+Sentencing.aspx"></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/907F48B5-85B2-4EA2-B20E-92BEB0C65C8E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips