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New sentencing blog on the block

Doug Berman turns us onto the new blog SentenceSpeak from the group Families Against Mandatory Minimums. I was particularly interested to read this post quoting Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on the question of mass incarceration:When a questioner referred to comments Kennedy made in 2004 about America?s exploding prison population, the justice responded:"If you were asked to design a penal system that would win the prize for the worst system, the one you?ve got would at least be runner-up.?If cost is a way to activate human compassion, I?ll take it. We are squandering our resources and spending them in the wrong way.?Kennedy said he approves of sentencing guidelines but is critical of mandatory minimums that are often imposed in drug cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 27, 2010 (boomark / email).