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AG Holder continues to talk about being "smart on crime" (and other important stuff)

By Douglas A. Berman

Continue his stumping for new approaches to crime and punishment (see prior speeches noted here and here and here), Attorney General Eric Holder earlier today gave a keynote address to the ABA House of Delegates outlining the Department of Justice's latest vision and priorities for reform of the nation's criminal justice systems.  Some of the speech reiterates points made by AG Holder in prior speeches, but there is some new stuff in this ABA speech (and some old stuff worth hearing again).  An audio recording of AG Holder's remarks can be found at this link and the full text is available here.  The audio reveals ovations from the crowd during Holder's remark about improving indigent defense systems and DNA availability (and also a gentle dig at the outset about patent law)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 03, 2009 (boomark / email).