Don't Appeal Crack Fairness Ruling, FAMM Tells Justice Department

For Immediate Release May 17, 2013 Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel, (202) 822-6700 or media@famm.org WASHINGTON, DC -- FAMM President Julie Stewart strongly urged the U.S. Department of Justice to let stand today’s decision of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in which a majority ruled that the Fair Sentencing Act should be applied retroactively. The case is US v. Blewett , No. 12-5226 (6th Cir. May 17, 2013). The Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), enacted in 2010, reduced the sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine