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Notable recent comments about sentencing reforms from AG Holder

By Douglas A. Berman

Thanks to this post at TalkLeft, I saw that Attorney General Eric Holder spoke about the crack-powder sentencing disparity and other drug sentencing issues on Friday at the D.C. Court of Appeals Judicial Conference. His speech is available at this link, and here are some of the notable sentencing comments: In my career as a prosecutor and as a judge here in Washington, I often saw too many capable, fundamentally good young people sacrifice their claim to a future because they chose to become involved in criminal, but non-violent, narcotic offenses.  Now, the Department of Justice will never back down from its duty to keep neighborhoods safe from the ills of drug abuse and the collateral damage from narcotics trafficking.  But we need to make sure we discharge this duty in a way that is fair and right...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 21, 2009 (boomark / email).