Holder to Seek U.S. Criminal Justice System Changes
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered changes across the Justice Department to eliminate what he called “draconian” mandatory minimum sentences for certain non-violent drug offenders.
Holder, in a speech today in San Francisco, laid out proposals to reduce the U.S. prison population. He questioned the effectiveness of the more than 40-year-long “war on drugs” and announced support for bipartisan efforts in Congress and at the state level to move away lengthy sentences in favor of other punishments.