Criminal
Oct. 8, 2014
A crack in California's 'tough on crime' sentencing laws
When Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law a bill that equalizes criminal penalties for many crack and powder cocaine offenses, he helped to rectify a racial injustice that goes back a quarter century. By Marc Mauer
When Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law a bill that equalizes criminal penalties for many crack and powder cocaine offenses, he helped to rectify a racial injustice that goes back a quarter century. But he also put in place a measure that continues the pace of criminal justice reform in California, moving in the direction of a more rational and cost-effective drug policy.
Think back to the heyday of the "war on drugs" of t...
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