U.S. - Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Major Drug Sentencing Reforms

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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Major Drug Sentencing Reforms
Jacob Sullum
Forbes
January 30th, 2014

Today, by a vote of 13 to 5, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved what the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) calls ”the biggest overhaul in federal drug sentencing in decades.” The Smarter Sentencing Act, introduced by Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) last July, would cut mandatory minimum sentences in half for some drug offenses, make the reduced crack penalties enacted in 2010 retroactive, and expand the category of defendants eligible for sentencing below the mandatory minimums. “The Smarter Sentencing Act is the most significant piece of criminal justice reform to make it to the Senate floor in several years,” says Laura W. Murphy, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington Legislative Office.

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This is great news! The future is looking brighter for drug users in the U.S. of A.

 

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