Crack Epidemic Still Takes Casualties

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No section of the country has more at stake than eastern Virginia in the racially charged debate over sentencing disparities involving crack and powder cocaine.

That's become clear as the U.S. Sentencing Commission debates whether to make its new guidelines reducing maximum sentences for crack offenses apply to old cases, as well as new.

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Crack Epidemic Still Takes Casualties

Making the new standard retroactive would probably result in about 3,800 inmates going free within a year. Over time, the sentences ...

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