Judge Who Sentenced Small-Time Pot Dealer to 55 Years Again Urges Clemency
If Obama means what he says about unjust punishment, he will free Weldon Angelos.
If Obama means what he says about unjust punishment, he will free Weldon Angelos.
Because some drug offenders are violent, four senators argue, all of them should stay behind bars.
The Kentucky senator encouraged his fellow Republicans to be more consistently skeptical of big government.
Watered down improvements to federal mandatory minimums may get watered down further.
Jack Weinstein concludes that the penalty recommended by federal sentencing guidelines is far too severe.
The Texas senator, once a leading Republican advocate of sentencing reform, seems to have abandoned the cause.
The Texas senator, once a leading Republican critic of disproportionate punishment, seems to have switched sides.
Why is Cruz, a critic of disproportionate penalties, trying to sink the bill with the best chance of passing?
Need another reason to resent the GOP-run Congress? Try Tom Cotton (and Ted Cruz).
Jane Mayer implies their interest in the issue is new while conceding it is not.
The resentencing of Dwight and Steven Hammond illustrates the injustices wrought by mandatory minimums.
The Hammond case illustrates how federal law forces judges to impose sentences they consider grossly disproportionate.
A federal judge rejected mandatory minimums for Dwight and Steven Hammond as unconstitutional; an appeals court disagreed.
Obama's commutation record looks good in absolute numbers but paltry as a percentage of petitions.
Families Against Mandatory Minimum's Kevin Ring makes the case for even more wide-ranging and far-reaching sentencing reform.
A bipartisan consensus produces a bill that's better than reformers feared but worse than they hoped.
A new law enforcement group favors abolishing mandatory minimums, changing felonies to misdemeanors, and winnowing down petty offenses.
Large majorities of Democrats and Republicans would abolish mandatory minimums for nonviolent offenses.
Is reducing prison terms reckless in light of drug and crime trends?
Bipartisan bills could help free Weldon Angelos and thousands of other drug offenders.
The sentence reductions in both bills are nevertheless a major improvement.
Bills backed by the chairmen of the House and Senate judiciary committees could help free thousands of drug offenders.
Beginning at the end of the month, some 6,000 drug offenders will get out earlier than originally expected.
The bill could let thousands of current prisoners get out sooner than expected and reduce future injustices.
At the insistence of the powerful senator, a new bill shortens fewer sentences and lengthens others.
Will fearmongering force back the opportunity to scale back laws?
At stake: Possessing a firearm during a "crime of violence" adds five extra years to a felony sentence.
Former prosecutor Bill Otis has been mistaken over and over again when advising legislators against reducing drug sentences.
Looking at pictures should not be treated like a violent crime.
The arbitrary decision that greatly magnified the penalties he faces
His sentence could have been much longer under federal law (and much shorter under state law).
Potential harsh discipline for absurd reasons.
After 21 years behind bars, a nonviolent drug offender gets parole.
Congress should listen to Alex Kozinski and ignore federal prosecutors.
Don't let the Left own this issue. They've been terrible.
And other lousy arguments against sentencing reform.
After 2010 reforms, crack use fell along with prosecutions and penalties.
We're both winning and losing the drug war, so don't change anything!
He emphasizes the importance of making shorter sentences retroactive.
The guidelines were always too lenient.
When mercy gets in the way of ambition.
Dionne Wilson joined Sen. Rand Paul and a bipartisan roster of lawmakers and advocates at yesterday's "Fair Justice" summit in D.C.
According to John Walters, all drug offenders are violent.
The president can do much more to correct unjust sentences, but time is running out.