Clinton agreed with Attorney General Reno and drug czar McCaffrey that sentence disparities for crack and powdered cocaine sellers - the former involving mostly minority defendants, the latter mostly Anglos - must end. He proposed that selling 25 grams of crack or 250 grams of powder be punished with five-year sentences; currently, sales of 5 grams of crack and 500 grams of powder get equal treatment.
Cocaine Sentences
Clinton agreed with Attorney General Reno and drug czar McCaffrey that sentence disparities for crack and powdered cocaine sellers - the former involving mostly minority defendants, the latter mostly Anglos - must end. He proposed that selling 25 grams of crack or 250 grams of powder be punished with five-year sentences; currently, sales of 5 grams of crack and 500 grams of powder get equal treatment.
