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BumRushDaShow

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2. It was a slog to get down from the 100x

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Tue May 4, 2021, 07:53 PM

May 2021

Now imagine if you replaced "crack" with "meth" and see how that flies (well it wouldn't - crack is the only one that has a mandatory prison sentence for the first offense).

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Supreme Court Weighs Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity [View all] Polybius May 2021 OP

Will they do the right thing? (Probably not.) NurseJackie May 2021 #1

It was a slog to get down from the 100x BumRushDaShow May 2021 #2

the problem is azureblue May 2021 #3

All whipped up by the media and that 30 year long effort of mass incarceration identified by ShazamIam May 2021 #5

After the sentencing disparities were in effect, why would people continue dealing crack ? MichMan May 2021 #4