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More notable sentencing reform talk from Attorney General Holder

By Douglas A. Berman

Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder gave this talk at the NAACP?s Centennial Convention. Here are the sections that speak to sentencing issues: [W]e must keep working to build a more effective, more efficient, more equitable system of criminal justice.  A system of justice that focuses not just on punishing criminals, but also on preventing crime.  A system of justice that focuses not just on locking people away, but also on integrating former offenders back into their communities so they can build productive, law-abiding lives. And, a system of justice that applies the same penalties for offenses involving cocaine ? regardless of its form. I have seen first-hand the effect that disparities in drug sentences have had on our communities...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 14, 2009 (boomark / email).