Legal Opinion
United States v. Fisher
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 2011No. 10-2352, 10-3124PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA) might benefit from a slight name change: The Not Quite as Fair as it could be Sentencing Act of 2010 (NQFSA) would be a bit more descriptive. But whether the FSA should be amended to more closely resemble its name is a matter for Congress. We can do nothing about it at this time.
The FSA increased the drug quantities necessary to trigger mandatory minimum sentences under the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act. Prior to the effective date (August 3, 2010) of the FSA, the amount of cocaine…
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