For the first time, crack cocaine sentencing reform legislation received a favorable vote in Congress when the House Judiciary Committee in July approved the Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009, H.R. 3245. This bill would completely eliminate the crack-powder sentencing disparity by applying current powder cocaine sentences to all forms of cocaine. To move the bill forward we need a vote on the bill by the entire House of Representatives.
On Wednesday, December 2, please help NACDL reach this goal by calling your Representative and asking them to support and cosponsor H.R. 3245.
With support from the Administration and key members of Congress, the prospects for reforming this unjust, 23-year-old law are good. Change cannot happen, however, without your continued pressure on Members of Congress.
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