Every
Saint Has a Past, Every Sinner Has a Future By Rev.
Bernard “Skip” Keels, M. Div. Mother's Day - May 13,
2001. Distributed by the Coalition for Jubilee Clemency
(CJC), this Mother's Day sermon discusses the forgiveness
and restoration of mothers serving long sentences behind
bars for low-level, nonviolent offenses. Rev. Keels
is Senior Pastor at the United Methodist Church in Newark,
DE, and a member of the steering committee for the CJC.
Year 2000
Letter to President Clinton Campaign Final Report and
Recommendations for Action March 24, 2001. A report
of the Coalition for Jubilee Clemency (CJC), detailing
the success of the CJC campaign in encouraging President
Clinton to grant clemency to low-level, nonviolent drug
offenders. A hard copy is available by contacting CJC
at clemency@cjpf.org
Pardon Me, Please
By CJPF president Eric E. Sterling. Chicago Tribune,
December 20, 2000. The op-ed called on President Clinton
to grant clemency to low-level Federal drug offenders.
A similar op-ed was published in the San Diego Union-Tribune,
on December 28, 2000.
Racially Disproportionate
Outcomes in Processing Drug Cases By Eric E. Sterling.
Washington, DC: Criminal Justice Policy Foundation.
Updated April 15, 1999. An 8-page report describing
the disproportionate impact of drug prosecutions on
African-Americans and other racial minorities. Reports
the data on the increasing and gross racial disparity
at every stage in the processing of drug cases – from
arrest to incarceration.
Disparity in
Crack, Powder Cocaine Sentences By Eric E. Sterling.
Chicago Tribune. August 4, 1997. This op-ed describes
how the grossly disproportionate prosecution of African-Americans
in federal crack cocaine cases is a consequence of mismanagement
by the U.S. Department of Justice of federal prosecutors
who overwhelmingly pursue low-level crack cases. The
article describes how the disparity is less the product
of the well-known statutory 100-to-1 crack/powder cocaine
sentencing triggers.
