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Originally Posted by Blade  I understand Dak and that's a good point.. but why lower the sentences on crack sales? If anything, they should give cocaine sales a stiffer penalty.. I don't want people selling to minors more frequently just because the penalties aren't as severe. |
The point was that people were being treated unfairly. The punishment did not fit the crime.
If now they want to raise the penalty for both forms of cocaine, that is a different story. They didn't want to do that though.
Could you imagine how crowded our jails would be if they upped the sentences for all types of cocaine?
Just having the crack sentences upped significanty increased incarceration levels in this country.