Pass smarter sentencing

Published January 9, 2014

Pass smarter sentencing
But now the soaring cost of the federal prison system, resulting partially from those mandatory sentences, could produce a broadly bipartisan move toward smarter sentencing. Historically the FBI was the Department of Justice bureau … In 2010 Congress … Read more on Scranton Times-Tribune

Cocaine sentencing lacks parity
Mr. Obama said the disparity in sentencing rules for crack and powder cocaine offenders had unnecessarily swollen the nation's prison population with thousands of nonviolent offenders who pose little threat to public safety. … That won't make up for … Read more on St. Augustine Record

SULLUM: Year's highlights in blame-shifting
So why did Toronto Mayor Rob Ford think he was helping his case when he confessed in November that he “probably” smoked crack “in one of my drunken stupors”? Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., seemed to have a similar idea after he was busted for cocaine … Read more on Odessa American