drug sentencing

Say What? Fox News Host Says High Sentencing Rates in 1990s Benefited Black Neighborhoods

Tucker Carlson made the comments on Fox & Friends Sunday.
09/14/2015

Obama Commutes Sentences of 46 Convicts

Fourteen inmates were serving life sentences.
07/13/2015

Rogue Ex-Drug Officer Admits 'Thousands' of Crimes, Lies

Jeffrey Walker admits to unit's planting evidence and more.
04/15/2015

Obama Commutes Sentences of 22 People in Federal Prison

President urged each to take advantage of this opportunity.
04/01/2015

Eric Holder Hails Success of Fewer Nonviolent Drug Prosecutions

Attorney general speaks at National Press Club.
02/17/2015
Stricter Laws Have Increased the Incarceration Rate

Shorter Sentences Backed for Some Drug Prisoners

Holder supports reduced sentences for nonviolent offenders.
06/11/2014

2 Chainz Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Drug Possession

"Feds Watching" rapper gets sobriety bracelet, probation.
05/06/2014
Criminal Justice  - According to Peter Groff, head of the U.S. Department of Education’s faith-based initiatives center, criminal justice is still an area of concern, particularly because of the disproportionate number of African-American males in the nation’s penal system and jails. Lincoln University political science professor F. Carl Walton agrees that while the number of Black judges, lawyers and law enforcement officials has increased, state legislatures continue to pass laws that often result in disparate and harsher sentences for Blacks.(Photo: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

More Americans Favor Treatment, Not Jail, for Hard Drug Users

Is the public ready for a truce in the ongoing war on drugs?
04/03/2014

Holder Overhauls Sentencing Guidelines for Nonviolent Offenders

Holder's plan reduces sentencing for low-level crimes.
08/12/2013

Federal Judge Questions the Use of Racial Profiling in Drug Case

Castillo wants to look at Chicago drug cases since 2006.
08/01/2013
States Spent More Than $3.6 billion on Marijuana Enforcement Laws

Commentary: The Racial Politics of Pot Arrests

Arrests paint a picture of different justice based on race.
07/25/2012