U.S. v. Arrington, No. 95-1566 (7th Cir.) (73 F.3d 144) (January 2, 1996) (Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner)
Loaded on Feb. 1, 1996
published in Punch and Jurists
February 12, 1996
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Punch And Jurists,
Crack v. Powdered Cocaine.
Case held that disparate impact of penalties for crack cocaine on Afro-Americans did not justify downward departure or application of rule of lenity since race is not relevant to determination of sentence.
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