Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Fair_Sentencing_Act_of_2010
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Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Controlled_Substances_Act
gptkbp:appliesTo federal drug offenses
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_federal_law
Criminal justice reform
Drug policy
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:111th_United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
gptkbp:improves amount of crack cocaine triggering mandatory minimum sentences
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Richard_Durbin
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:newRatio 18:1
gptkbp:previousRatio 100:1
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Public_Law_111-220
gptkbp:purpose reduce sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses
gptkbp:reducesMandatoryMinimum crack cocaine offenses
gptkbp:removes 5-year mandatory minimum for simple possession of crack cocaine
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Fair_Sentencing_Act
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Barack_Obama
August 3, 2010
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anti-Drug_Abuse_Act_of_1986
gptkb:First_Step_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6