NewsOne VERY IMPORTANT! A few months back, NewsOne reported on President Barack Obama’s plans to make major changes to drug sentencing disparities. Today, Attorney General Eric Holder announced his new “Smart on Crime” initiative, which looks to release elderly prisoners, decrease the sentences of non-violent offenders, and put drug sentencing – as we know it – on its head. Quote: “African Americans are incarcerated at a rate six times more than Whites [and we must] Identify the obstacles and inequities” in the justice system in an effort to correct the system.” “A vicious cycle of poverty, criminality, and incarceration traps too many Americans and weakens too many communities. And many aspects of our criminal justice system may actually exacerbate these problems rather than alleviate them.” “This is why I have mandated a modification of the Justice Department’s charging policies so that certain low-level, nonviolent drug offenders who have no ties to large-scale organizations, gangs, or cartels will no longer be charged with offenses that impose draconian mandatory minimum sentences. They now will be charged with offenses for which the accompanying sentences are better suited to their individual conduct, rather than excessive prison terms more appropriate for violent criminals or drug kingpins.” Get informed here: newsone/2672974/eric-holder-drug-policy/ What type of impact do you think this will have on our community?
Posted on: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 20:34:54 +0000
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