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Many Convicted of Crimes Involving Crack Cocaine Released in Virginia
Posted on Nov 04, 2011
The story is the same in Virginia and all over the country: prisoners convicted of crimes related to crack cocaine are being released from prison years before they were scheduled to. One man, Mr. Flood, was convicted many years ago and was to remain in a Kentucky prison until 2013. However, thanks to the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, Mr. Flood and many others will have their sentences reduced by an average of three years. Mr. Flood has plans to travel back to his family in Virginia as soon as he is released.
Why the Early Releases Are Taking Place
In the 1980's, the usage of crack cocaine had hit nearly epidemic levels in Virginia and nearly every state in the nation. In reaction to crimes surrounding the drug, a law was passed that made the sentencing for those found with crack cocaine up to 100 times greater than those found with the powder form. Many believe that the discrepancy was unfair and that it targeted minority groups.
In order to right this apparent wrong, and to save tens of millions of dollars, the Fair Sentencing Act was passed. As of today, it has been implemented. This means that after careful reviews of prisoners doing time for crack cocaine related offences they may very well be released.
While many cheer the new law, some do not. They are concerned that those being released will fall back on old ways, participating in the drug trade and the violence that too often accompanies it.
As Virginia Beach criminal law attorneys we hope that the early releases will allow the convicted to successfully reenter society and make up for some of the injustices they endured under the now defunct crack cocaine laws of the 1980's.
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