Boehner Endorses Sentencing Reform; Bill Clinton Apologizes for His Role in Mass Incarceration
The SAFE Justice Act gets a boost from the House speaker.
The SAFE Justice Act gets a boost from the House speaker.
The president still thinks drug offenders belong behind bars.
The president joins the Kentucky senator in calling for sentencing reform.
Record does not suggest support for the 'Right on Crime' movement.
This is a promising and positive step in the right direction, but real reform is still needed.
If correcting clear injustices is the aim, Obama can do a lot more.
Louisiana's marijuana laws, among the harshest in the country, become a bit less harsh.
The SAFE Justice Act tackles overcriminalization and overfederalization.
The presumptive Democratic nominee wants to do something about mandatory minimums but won't say what.
Court will be able to depart from guidelines on some drug cases.
After 21 years in prison, Jeff Mizanskey is eligible for parole.
A suspended sentence for a $40 crack sale + a probation violation = two decades in prison.
Gives judges more leeway for alternatives in some situations.
Excessive PDA, excessive sentencing
The former secretary of state glides over her own role in promoting overincarceration.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee promoted the overincarceration she now condemns.
The Republican presidential candidate notes the need to "undo some of the harm inflicted by the Clinton administration."
"I don't know all the answers," the presumptive Democratic nominee confesses.
Aren't Democrats supposed to be more enlightened on this issue?
Loretta Lynch's lack of enthusiasm could make it harder to pass a decent bill.
Two issues that the Nisour Square shooters will raise on appeal
Stepping up his commutations, the president begins to make up for lost time.
The president shortens 22 sentences, doubling his total in a single day.
Reminds prosecutors that juries are supposed to serve as a check on government power
The affected prisoners include a marijuana grower sentenced to life.
The president thinks repealing pot prohibition should be young Americans' lowest priority.
Q and A with author David Skarbek.
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig argues that sentencing reform "won't work" without more welfare spending.
Has Chuck Grassley ever seen a prison sentence he thought was too long?
Medical marijuana patients face 10 years or more in federal prison.
In one case, the term sought by prosecutors was 17 times longer than the jury recommended.
New Jersey's draconian gun laws and mandatory minimum sentences converge.
Opposition by the hard-line drug warrior counts as an endorsement.
Now I'm trying to make amends.
"Get politicians out of the way and let judges judge," as bill co-sponsor Sen. Patrick Leahy put it.
Despite belated pardons and a few more commutations, the president's mercy is rarely seen.
The president has begun to deliver on promises of a more rational, less punitive approach to psychoactive substances.
"Tough on crime" laws are bad policy and bad politics.
Nonviolent felonies downgraded to misdemeanors