Number: RL33318
Title: Sentencing Levels for Crack and Powder Cocaine: Kimbrough v. United Sates and the Impact of United States v. Booker
Authors: Brian T. Yeh and Charles Doyle, American Law Division 
Abstract: Judges have long been critical of the automatic prison terms, commonly referred to as mandatory minimum sentences, which were enacted pursuant to the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 in part to stem the drug trade. Now some judges are saying that with the combination of Democratic leadership and the growing Republican support for a modest change, this may provide the best chance in years for a review of the system if the 110th Congress revisits the sentencing laws which, according to Senate Judiciary staff members, is quite likely.
Pages: 21
Date: January 29, 2008