such a different approach to how they handled the crack epidemic
This is how it's always been when the government wants to wage war they use "laws" they analyze and research little occurrences and come up with distinctions such-as crack/cocaine and even though it's the same drug one carries a much heavier penalty than the other and the one carrying the heaviest penalty is easily accessible to blacks. they implement mandatory minimums so even if the circumstances for a particular case warrant less time it's out of the judges hand to dictate a sentencing because he has a guideline to follow;not that the judge would be lenient in the first place.
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