Tag: Mandatory minimums
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Biden’s Criminal Justice Plan Can’t Reform the System He Helped Create (1/2)
Joe Biden’s Criminal Justice plan is a band aid on an open wound he helped inflict, particularly on poor Black and brown communities. Kamau Franklin and Jacqueline Luqman take a closer look at the contradiction…
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US Sentencing Commission could act to reduce prison time for thousands | RTB
On April 27, 2023, the United States Sentencing Commission submitted to Congress amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines that would recommend lower sentences for certain defendants. If these changes are applied retroactively, some 18,775 people…
