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Articles
America's Longest and Deadliest Conflict: The War on Drugs and Communities of Color
Sentencing Guidelines Face New Scrutiny
Drug Busts = Jim Crow
Dealing with the Rockefeller Drug Laws: A Tale of Two District Attorneys
Is Justice Colorblind?
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Bookstore
Unequal Under Law: Race in the War on Drugs
Drugging the Poor
The Secret Epidemic : The Story of AIDS and Black America
Crack in America


Documents
The Race/Ethnicity Disparity in Misdemeanor Marijuana Arrests in New York City
The Race/Ethnicity Disparity in Misdemeanor Marijuana Arrests in New York City
The War on Drugs or The New Jim Crow?
New Mexico Bias-Based Policing Study Bill 2008
Restoring Judicial Discretion by Repealing Rhode Island’s Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences S207, H5127
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Event Archives
The Real Crimes of Tulia, Texas and Beyond: A Briefing from the Front Lines (Audio)


Fact Sheets
Legislative Proposals for Reform of the Crack/Cocaine Disparity
Mandatory Sentencing Laws and Drug Offenders in New York State
Race and the Drug War
Mandatory Sentencing
Rockefeller Drug Laws


Multimedias
Profiled for Prison: The Selective Enforcement of Drug Laws [Video]
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
Darryl Best Advocacy Video
Breaking the Chains Conference III [Audio]
Breaking the Chains Conference Audio
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News Summaries
Change in New Mexico, New Jersey
Empowering Judges to Protect Communities
DPA, Allies Pass Racial Impact Statement Legislation in Connecticut
Turning Up the Heat on Sentencing Injustice
Toolkit for Eliminating the Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
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Opinions
Last Shot for a Bush Legacy?
We Should Be Devoted to Ending Injustice, Not Ending More Lives
New York City Is Hell for Pot Smokers


Polls
69% of New Yorkers Polled Favor Sentencing Discretion over State-Mandated Sentences


Position Papers
Books Not Bars: Juvenile Justice, Education and the United States
Race and the War on Drugs


Press Releases
Ban on Racial Profiling Passes the NM Legislature
Ban on Bias-Based Profiling Passes House Judiciary Committee 11 to 1
Two Bills to Improve New Mexico’s Criminal Justice System Pass House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee Thursday Evening
Two Bills Introduced to Improve New Mexico’s Criminal Justice System
Wednesday, June 18th: House Judiciary Committee to Renew Controversial Drug Enforcement Grant Program Linked to Racial Disparities, Police Corruption and Civil Rights Abuses
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Reports
Targeting Blacks: Drug Law Enforcement and Race in the United States
Disparity by Geography
Years of Life Lost to Prison: Racial and Gender Gradients in the United States of America
Uneven Justice: State Rates of Incarceration by Race and Ethnicity
The "Crack/Powder" Disparity: Can the International Race Convention Provide a Basis for Relief?
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Speeches
Ethan Nadelmann Speech at the National Latino Congreso [Video]
Rep. Conyers Speech to National Bar Association
United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Speaking to the American Bar Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco


Testimony
Federal Sentencing Laws: U.S. Sentencing Commission Testimony


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