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By The Sentencing Project

The U.S. Attorney General and White House Drug Czar have both signaled a need for drug policy reform. On the heels of testimony provided last month by the Department of Justice's Lanny Breuer supporting equalizing the cocaine sentencing disparity, Eric Holder and Gil Kerlikowske have publicly stated the necessity for change in addressing drugs and incarceration. During a House Judiciary hearing today, Holder stated, '… we will determine what sentencing reforms are appropriate, including making recommendations to Congress on changes to crack and powder cocaine sentencing policy.' In today's Wall Street Journal, Kerlikowske stated that the current, tough on crime methods of addressing the nation's drugs and incarceration issues, needs to be revamped...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Sentencing Project on May 14, 2009 (boomark / email).