A message from Timothy:
The Commission's retroactivity vote a few days ago was another step in the long long overdue, overhaul of the Federal System. Hopefully, the Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2011, bill submitted a week ago actually clarify's that the amendments made by the Fair Sentencing Act are to be applied to pending cases and retroactively to cases that are no longer pending. Meaning, cases that are no longer on any appeas. The Fair Sentencing Clarification Act would allow all offenders, regardless of when they were arrested or convicted, to recieve the benefit of the changes that congress made in the FSA. Does these changes effect Tim Adams? Yes.
''There is absolutely no reason that the individuals sentenced under the old crack cocaine laws should not recieve the benefit of the FSA,'' stated Representative Scott. ''Congress has acknowledged that the 100 to 1 disparity was fundamentally unfair and had a racially desparate impact. People sentenced under the old law should not be required to serve out sentences imposed as a result of what congress made in the FSA.
In late June, 2011, Congressman Robert C. ''Bobby'' Scott (D-Va-3), along with original co-sponsors congressman Ron Paul (R-Tx-14), John Conyers Jr. (D-Mi-14), Roscoe G. Bartlett (R-Md-6), Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fl-23), and Keith Ellison (D-Mn-5), introduced the Fair Sentencing Act of 2011.
Rep. Scott is the ranking member of House Judiciary subcommittee on crime, Terrorist and Homeland Security and also sits on the House Education and Work Force Committee.
This bill would allow all inmates to receive a reduction, including those with statutory sentences.
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