Federal judge decries disparate impact of cocaine sentencing laws on minorities
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton denounced the disparity in federal sentencing requirements for possession of crack cocaine and cocaine powder in testimony Tuesday before the US Sentencing Commission . Citing the 100-1 differential...
JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that the correlation between a newly-documented drastic decline in sexual violence in the United States and a major increase in social access to pornography - most recently over...
Mexico lawmakers take up drug decriminalization bill again after veto threat
Mexican lawmakers began working this week to revive a bill that will decriminalize personal drug possession or possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin. Lawmakers hope to override a potential veto by Mexican President Vicente Fox...
