Editing The Sentencing Project (section)

==Advocacy==
The Sentencing Project works with other organisations and public officials to influence criminal justice policies at the federal, state, and local level. The Sentencing Project was part of a national coalition supporting the bipartisan [[Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act]] in the [[114th United States Congress|114th Congress]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.coalitionforpublicsafety.org/|title=Coalition for Public Safety|language=en-US}}</ref> The organisation's executive director testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the legislation.<ref>[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/10-19-15%20Mauer%20Testimony.pdf "Testimony of Marc Mauer Executive Director The Sentencing Project Before the Senate Judiciary Committee On the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015"], October 19, 2015.</ref>

In 2010, The Sentencing Project contributed to the passage of the [[Fair Sentencing Act]], which reduced the disparities in sentences associated with convictions for possessing or trafficking in [[crack cocaine]] compared to [[powder cocaine]].<ref>[http://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Federal-Crack-Cocaine-Sentencing.pdf "Federal Crack Cocaine Sentencing"], January 2016.</ref> Representatives of the organisation have often testified before Congress, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, the [[United States Commission on Civil Rights|U.S. Commission on Civil Rights]], and other government and scholarly meetings.