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: The Sentencing Project

Read News: Former, current chief justices urge president-elect Obama to address federal sentencing guidelines, prison racial disparity

By The Sentencing Project

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In a letter addressed to president-elect Obama and his transition team, Missouri Supreme Court Justice Michael A. Wolff and Oregon Chief Justice Paul J. De Muniz requested a “major change” in federal sentencing. “Sentencing in the United States affects the lives of millions of Americans, usually adversely,” they wrote. “We imprison a higher percentage of citizens than any other country, while spawning avoidable victimizations because we fail to embrace data-driven practices. Minorities bear a disproportionate brunt of this dysfunction as inmates and as victims. We urge your attention to this archaic dysfunction to the benefit of all citizens.” The letter continues on to advocate for evidence-based practices and expansion of community-based sentencing options...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Sentencing Project on January 05, 2009 (boomark / email).

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