Biden urges leniency for harsh crack sentences fueled by his crime bill [View all]
Source: The Hill
The Biden administration on Wednesday endorsed a bid by low-level crack cocaine offenders for reduced prison sentences, a dramatic reversal that comes more than three decades after a Biden-crafted bill helped to fuel disproportionately harsh penalties for Black drug offenders.
In a brief filed to the Supreme Court, the administration urged the justices to widen sentence-reduction eligibility for certain drug offenses under a 2018 criminal justice reform law known as the First Step Act.
The administration's support for leniency in the case marks a shift from former President Trump, who had asked the justices to side against defendant Tarahrick Terry in an appeal that will be argued in May before the Supreme Court.
More fundamentally, though, Biden's move represents a dramatic break with the tough-on-crime ethos behind a 1986 crime bill he crafted while serving in the Senate.
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