By The Editors
Once the sentencing rules for an offense are changed to lesser terms, is it fair to still subject some individuals to the old, harsher rules?

By The Editors
A federal commission’s approval of new sentencing guidelines could result in significantly reduced sentences for as many as 12,000 federal inmates now serving time for crack-cocaine offenses.

By The Editors
The California proposal on the ballot last Tuesday legalizing marijuana had been widely expected to pass, riding a wave

However, its doom was signaled early in the balloting, and at the end it wasn’t even close.

By The Editors
A prominent association of black police officers last week endorsed the California ballot measure that would legalize marijuana in the state.

By John Payton
Last night the Senate passed S. 1789, The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, concerning the, racially discriminatory disparity in the treatment of the crack and powder forms of cocaine. Although the Senate passed legislation concerning the crack/powder sentencing disparity, it refused to completely eliminate that unjustified disparity.

By The Editors
Efforts to equalize federal sentencing guidelines for offenses involving crack and powder cocaine gained significant momentum in Washington last week.