Congress Misses Another Chance to Correct Blatantly Unjust Crack Penalties
The Legal Distinction Between the Smoked and Snorted Forms of Cocaine Never Made Sense
As a senator in 1986, President Joe Biden wrote the bill that established an irrational sentencing disparity between the smoked and snorted forms of cocaine, which he later called “a big mistake” that “trapped an entire generation.” This week Congress squandered yet another opportunity to correct Biden’s big…