In a letter of support submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee, The Sentencing Project’s Executive Director Amy Fettig expressed the importance of passing the
Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act, a bipartisan sentencing reform bill that would finally eliminate the federal sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powdered cocaine offenses, and hope today’s hearing will convey its importance.
To read her full letter, download the PDF below.
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