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Mukasey Warns of Drug Case Releases

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

February 8, 2008 Mukasey Warns of Drug Case Releases By NEIL A. LEWIS NY Times WASHINGTON ? Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey warned Congress on Thursday that unless it enacted legislation quickly, hundreds of people in jail for cocaine offenses, ?many of them violent gang members, will be eligible for immediate release into the community nationwide.? But as Mr. Mukasey delivered the message to the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing, he found himself upbraided and criticized by members who said he was vastly overstating the situation. Democrats noted that no one would be released from jail without a hearing before a federal judge who would be obliged to evaluate each case in consultation with the authorities. Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, said Mr...continue to full post

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