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DOJ makes move to end disparities in crack, powder cocaine cases
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The Justice Department (DOJ) has moved to end sentencing differences between crack and powder cocaine offenders to address racial disparities in the law.  Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a memo to U.S. attorneys on Friday that mandatory minimum sentences based on drug type and quantity have cause significantly different sentences for defendants and led to perceived and real racial disparities in the criminal justice system.  He cited prior DOJ testimony stating that the difference in sentencing guidelines between crack and powder cocaine are not supported by science as there are no major pharmacological differences between the two. They are instead two forms of the same dru

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