SCOTUS: “The Fair Sentencing Act™s new, lower mandatory minimums apply”
SCOTUS: “The Fair Sentencing Act™s new, lower mandatory minimums apply”
On June 22, 2012, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4: "The Fair Sentencing Act’s new, lower mandatory minimums [for cocaine base] apply to the post-Act sentencing of pre-Act offenders." Dorsey v. U.S. ___ U.S. ___ (June 21, 2012).