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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Smarter Sentencing Act

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How to Really Get Tough on Crime

Jake Grant is an intern working with Justice Fellowship, the policy arm of Prison Fellowship.  A version of this post appears on the Justice Fellowship website.

Five years ago, Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) of 2010. The law lowered sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine and eliminated mandatory minimum sentences for simple possession of crack cocaine.

By Jake Grant
August 25, 2015
Cocaine | CORRECTIONS Act | Fair Sentencing Act | mandatory minimums | Sentencing Commission | Smarter Sentencing Act
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Working Toward a Perfect Imperfect World

The following post originally appeared on the Justice Fellowship blog.

In a perfect world, people wouldn’t commit crimes. They wouldn’t hurt one another or themselves.

In a perfect imperfect world, people who committed crimes would receive a just punishment, one that was proportionate to the harm they had caused.

By Elisabeth Boehm
February 27, 2015
Dick Durbin | Justice Fellowship | Mike Lee | Smarter Sentencing Act
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New Bill Seeks to Create Fairer Sentencing Practices

On August 1, senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced a bipartisan bill known as the Smarter Sentencing Act, which will advance more effective and just criminal sentencing for non-violent drug offenses. The legislation is intended to refocus the Bureau of Prisons’ resources on the most serious offenders and crime prevention.

By Craig DeRoche
August 2, 2013
Craig DeRoche | Senator Durbin | Senator Lee | Smarter Sentencing Act

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