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On the recordMay 20, 2009
For too many years, unjustified disparate treatment of crack and powder cocaine has had a racially disproportionate and unjust impact upon on poor people and minority communities.
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Russell Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters highlights the racial injustices caused by sentencing disparities.

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