During the war on drugs, the mandatory minimum sentencing law for five grams of crack cocaine was the same as for 500 grams of p

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During the war on drugs, the mandatory minimum sentencing law for five grams of crack cocaine was the same as for 500 grams of p

owder cocaine, which disproportionately affected because powder cocaine was typically consumed by .

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Lyrx [107] · Answer 1 · 2023-09-15T00:35:45+03:00

Minimum sentencing laws affected <u>African Americans</u> disproportionately because powder cocaine was often consumed by <u>White people.</u>

<h3>How were minimal sentencing laws unfair?</h3>

Mandatory minimum sentencing laws led to a lot of African Americans being thrown into prison.

This wasn't fair because White people consumed powder cocaine more and yet were not arrested as often.

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