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NACDL President Irwin Schwartz's written testimony to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed amendments to the sentencing guidelines.
Comments to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding the powder v. crack cocaine sentencing disparity.
Letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed amendments to the Fair Sentencing Act.
Statement to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding federal sentencing for cocaine offenses.
President Jerry Cox's letter to members of the Senate regarding federal sentencing proposals included in the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014 (S. 1410).
President Carmen Hernandez's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding federal cocaine sentencing laws, and the crack v. powder disparity.
President John Wesley Hall's statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs regarding fair sentencing and the crack-powder cocaine disparity.
Treasurer William Moffitt's statement to the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime regarding the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
President Carmen Hernandez's letter to members of the Senate regarding The Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act (S. 1711).
President John Wesley Hall's letter to members of the House regarding Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 (H.R. 3245).
President Carmen Hernandez's letter to members of the House regarding The Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007 (H.R. 4545).
President John Wesley Hall's letter to a member of the House regarding Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act and Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act (H.R. 265 and H.R. 1459, 2009).
President John Wesley Hall's letter to members of the Senate regarding sentencing disparity in crack and powder cocaine cases.
Coalition letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding sentencing policies for federal cocaine offenses.
Court Reaffirms Fairness in Corporate, Cocaine Sentencing -- Washington, DC (June 21, 2012) – The U.S. Supreme Court today stood up for fairness in sentencing in two very different types of criminal cases. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers joined and filed amicus curiae, or friend of the court, briefs in both cases supporting the principle of fair and even-handed sentences.