Obama To Sign Bill Reducing Penalties For Crack Cocaine
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 3:23PM
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The House and the Senate have passed a bill that would make penatlies for carrying crack cocaine and powder cocaine more similar. Currently the law requirs any person arrested with crack cocaine must serve at least 5 years in federal prison. With powder cocaine, a person needs to be arrested with 500 grams of cocaine to receive 5 years in prison. For more on this story, click here

-Rob Sanna

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