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New Supreme Court rulings boost judge discretion in considering federal sentencing guidelines, while the U.S. Sentencing Commission has moved to reduce dramatic guideline disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. But only Congress has the power to address disparities in the mandatory minimum sentences for these and other crimes.
Judge Reggie B. Walton, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia
Julie Stewart, president, Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Timothy J. Heaphy, attorney in private practice; former federal prosecutor (served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in both the District of Columbia and the Western District of Virginia)
In 1972, Congress passed Title IX. The law was meant to address gender inequality in school athletics. But authors McDonagh and Pappano argue the landmark legislation helped codify policies that establish separate but equal in sports. A look at sports in American society and why equality in sports is an important step in achieving social, economic and political equality for men and women.
Eileen McDonagh, Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University, Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University, and author of "Breaking the Abortion Deadlock."
Laura Pappano, author of "The Connection Gap" and writer-in-residence at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College.
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