Please Support H.R. 3245, the "Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act."
National Call in Day: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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 . Take action by clicking the link above and/or by entering your zip code to obtain your Representative's office phone number. Please use the talking points provided to tell your Representative to support this important piece of legislation.
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.
Support HR 3245 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act
The passage of this very important bill is long over due. For the unfairness rendered so many mostly racial minorities represents an egregious act of constitutional injustice that not only must be corrected but must be an Act that's applied retroactively to all that have been unfairly sentenced with mandatory minimum applied. The decades of passed have unfairly victimized so many young Black American men & women intentionally denying them equal protection under the United States Constitution. America should be ashamed of how they have victimized so many Black Americans with such blatant acts of Racial Discrimination. For those who are publicly elected to to write, uphold, & enforce legislation have wrongly failed a entire Race of people Black Americans. For the United States Constitution clearly states in the 14th Amendment that: No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the rights, privileges, or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.Since about 1986 our United States Congress has intentionally violated the Rights of so many.