Administrative/Regulatory
Aug. 16, 2014
Assembly clear crack-powder cocaine disparity bill
California is one of only a dozen states that still imposes stiffer punishments for crack cocaine.
By Kylie Reynolds
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The state Assembly passed a bill Thursday to close California's sentencing gap between powder and crack cocaine.
SB 1010, introduced by state Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, would lower the current punishment for possession of crack cocaine from three to five years in jail down to the two to four year sentence imposed for the same powder cocaine offense.
It finds that powder and crack cocaine are two fo...
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