NPR coverage of cocaine developments

NPR yesterday broadcast these two interesting pieces on All Things Considered about the war on cocaine:

• Holes Found in U.S. Claims of a Drug-War Win
• Mom Serving 19 Years in Crack Case May Get Break

Here is the set-up for the second piece, which has a sentencing focus:

Nerika Jenkins was working as a home health care nurse and raising her daughter when she was arrested. She had delivered crack for her drug-dealer boyfriend more than once and was paid for it. She was sentenced to 19 years in a federal penitentiary — twice the time of others in her boyfriend’s drug circle. Why? She didn’t plead guilty, and her lawyer told her not to cooperate.