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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Eric Holder

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New Sentencing Reforms “A Good First Step”

Speaking to a gathering of the American Bar Association in San Francisco on August 12, Attorney General Eric Holder announced sweeping changes to current sentencing practices that will allow for greater flexibility and eliminate “mandatory minimum” sentencing for many non-violent offenders.

By Steve Rempe
August 15, 2013
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Attorney General Announces Plan to Reduce Prison Population

Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder stood before the American Bar Association to announce that the Obama administration will be taking a new approach to decreasing the number of prisoners in the U.S. prison system.

The Wall Street Journal reports that this “major policy shift aimed at reversing decades of increasing incarceration,” will cut down on costs for the federal prison system and provide relief from overcrowded prisons.  

By Rebekah L. Stratton
August 13, 2013
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