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A bill that would have impacted racial disparity in cocaine crimes died in the Senate

Orrin Jackson, center, is one of the nonprofit Dream.org's network of formerly incarcerated people who lobbied Congress to pass the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law<strong> </strong>(EQUAL) Act. Shown here are lawmakers and bill advocates from Dream.org and Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). (Dream.org)
Orrin Jackson, center, is one of the nonprofit Dream.org's network of formerly incarcerated people who lobbied Congress to pass the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act. Shown here are lawmakers and bill advocates from Dream.org and Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). (Dream.org)

This article was originally published on January 09, 2023.

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