Fair Sentencing Act Ruled Not Retroactive for Inmates Sentenced under 100 to 1 Ratios
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Divided Federal Court Rules Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reforms Do Not Apply To Those Already in Prison Today, a sharply divided Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), which reduced the unfair, unjustified, and racially discriminatory crack…