Furthermore, The problem with different races' receiving a rather unruly punishment compared to his/her Caucasian counterpart, is the idea of court rulings being discriminatory, which violates the Fair Sentencing Act 2010 passed by congress. The act is the start of an effort made to reduce the racial sentencing from draconian crack cocaine laws and to rebuild the confidence in the criminal justice system (ACLU.org). Not only does this stand for equal opportunities, but the injustice served in court hearing violates our civil liberties as United States citizens. Some interesting facts bestowed upon me via and ACLU article states that because of the war on drugs, there are more men and women of black color in prison and correctional facilities,
