Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

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The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 is a U.S. federal law that significantly reduced the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses and reformed certain mandatory minimum drug penalties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
criminal justice reform law ⓘ
addressesTopic United States federal drug policy ⓘ
crack cocaine sentencing ⓘ
mandatory minimum sentences ⓘ
powder cocaine sentencing ⓘ
aimedToReduce racial disparity in federal drug sentencing ⓘ
alsoKnownAs FSA 2010 ⓘ
amended Controlled Substances Act ⓘ
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act ⓘ
federal criminal code sentencing provisions ⓘ
appliesTo federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ
federal drug trafficking offenses ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
changedSentencingRatio crack-to-powder cocaine quantity ratio ⓘ
citationStyle Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-220 ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 21 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 2010-08-03 ⓘ
eliminatedMandatoryMinimumFor simple possession of crack cocaine ⓘ
enactedBy 111th United States Congress ⓘ
goal make federal cocaine sentencing more proportionate ⓘ
reduce excessive penalties for crack cocaine offenses ⓘ
increasedDrugQuantityThresholdFor 10-year mandatory minimum for crack cocaine offenses ⓘ
5-year mandatory minimum for crack cocaine offenses ⓘ
influenced First Step Act of 2018 ⓘ
linked to: First Step Act
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalArea criminal law ⓘ
drug control law ⓘ
sentencing law ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal ⓘ
newRatio 18:1 ⓘ
policyDomain criminal justice ⓘ
drug policy ⓘ
presidentAtSigning Barack Obama ⓘ
previousRatio 100:1 ⓘ
primaryPurpose reduce sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses ⓘ
reform federal mandatory minimum drug penalties ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 111-220 ⓘ
respondedTo criticism of 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act crack penalties ⓘ
shortName Fair Sentencing Act ⓘ
signedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
sponsorChamber United States Senate ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
typeOfReform mandatory minimum reform ⓘ
sentencing disparity reduction ⓘ
yearEnacted 2010 ⓘ

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Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 → relatedTo → Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ⓘ
First Step Act → relatedTo → Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ⓘ
Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 → shortName → Fair Sentencing Act ⓘ
linked to: Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 → citationStyle → Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-220 ⓘ
linked to: Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
First Step Act → relatedTo → Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ⓘ
subject linked to: FSA
Public Law 111-220 → officialName → Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ⓘ
Public Law 111-220 → shortTitle → Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ⓘ
FSA 2010 → hasOfficialName → Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ⓘ