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The change from the Act of 1986 to the Act of 1988 concerns the mandatory minimum penalties to drug trafficking conspiracies and attempts that previously were applicable only to substantive completed drug trafficking offenses. The Act amended 21 U.S.C. 844 to make crack cocaine the only drug with a mandatory minimum penalty for a first offense ...
Various paraphernalia used to smoke crack cocaine, including a homemade crack pipe made out of an empty plastic water bottle.. In a study done by Roland Fryer, Steven Levitt, and Kevin Murphy, a crack index was calculated using information on cocaine-related arrests, deaths, and drug raids, along with low birth rates and media coverage in the United States.
Rayful Edmond III (November 26, 1964 – December 17, 2024) was an American drug trafficker in Washington, D.C. in the 1980s. Edmond was largely responsible for having introduced crack cocaine into the Washington, D.C. area during the crack epidemic, resulting in an escalating crime rate in the city which became known as the "murder capital of the United States".
Fishermen found a body on Aug. 28, 1988, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. She was found in the Puyallup River near Sumner, authorities said in a news release on Dec. 1.
The number of homicides in Washington peaked in 1991 at 482, [2] a rate of 80.6 homicides per 100,000 residents, [3] and the city eventually became known as the "murder capital" of the United States. [4] The crime rate started to fall in the mid-1990s as the crack cocaine epidemic gave way to economic revitalization projects. Neighborhood ...
Prosecutors also accused Smith of calling Alex White (an informant) after the shooting and telling him to say he had bought crack cocaine at Johnston's house. [14] According to court filings, before talking to the homicide detective, the three officers involved in the shooting got together to get their stories straight. [7]
Alton D Mills, 54, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder Drug dealer, whose sentence was commuted by Obama, charged after shooting woman on highway Skip to main content
On June 13, 1994, Watson committed his last murder, killing 37-year-old office manager Debra Cobb during a robbery of her workplace in Forestville. [5] He was arrested as a suspect not long after, as he worked in the same office plaza, pleading guilty to first-degree murder at his trial, blaming his addiction to crack cocaine for the brutal ...