Politics
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder endorsing proposed reduced drug sentencing changes
The commission was not expected to vote on the proposed change until at least April, but Holder planned to instruct prosecutors in the meantime not to oppose sentencing recommendations in line with the newly proposed ranges.
A national association of prosecutors is opposing the proposal, arguing that the majority of federal prisoners “have been very bad actors for a long time.”
“Rewarding convicted felons with lighter sentences because America cannot balance its budget doesn’t seem fair to both victims of crime and the millions of families in America victimized every year by the scourge of drugs in America’s communities,” Raymond Morrogh, the top prosecutor in Fairfax County, Virginia, and the director-at-large of the National District Attorneys Association, said in prepared remarks.
Thursday was Holder’s second appearance before the Sentencing Commission.
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