U.S. Congress Pressed to Repeal 'Racist' Law

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NEW YORK, May 4 (OneWorld.net) - The U.S. Congress is coming under heavy pressure to change a drug law that many civil and human rights groups have been denouncing for years as a tool of discrimination against African Americans.

"It is now time for Congress to act by eliminating this unjust and ineffective sentencing disparity," said Jennifer Bellamy, a lawyer who works with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), one of the nation's oldest rights advocacy organizations.

Last week, a broad coalition of over 50 organizations, including the ACLU, sent a joint petition to Congress calling for elimination of what they described as a "discriminatory sentencing disparity" between white and non-white users of cocaine. continues here

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