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Examining the First Step Act and the Fair Sentence Act

First Step Act was enacted in 2018, aiming to accomplish two objectives. First, reduce unnecessary lengthy prison sentences, and two, improving the environment of and federal prison conditions. The law was enacted to yield a modicum of fairness even when the system was outright oppressive of some communities, mainly in the fight against drugs. The drive behind this act was to correct the unconscionable high population of prisoners in federal penitentiaries.

Fair Sentence Act (FSA) was passed and enacted in 2010 following an increasing outcry for African Americans' high rate of incarceration. The idea of revolving FSA's enactment was that African Americans were being treated more harshly for committing a crime with Americans' same magnitude. The law concerns sentencing for the crime of possession of crack and powder cocaine. Initially, the sentence was 100.1 for crack and powder cocaine. This raised traction among Americans because African Americans are, at a more significant percentage, arrested on crack cocaine offenses. Therefore, the ratio of prosecution and sentencing between the two was considered significantly high, portraying African Americans' injustices. The new law, FSA, reducing the sentencing disparity to 18:1

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