Thu, 22 Aug 2013 18:19:00 -0600
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WHERE IS THE SUBSTANCE, MR. HOLDER?
First of all, let me be clear: virtually all of us in the drug policy and prison sentencing reform movements applaud U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.'s comments this past August 12 at the American Bar Association meeting in San Francisco. This was the first time within memory that a high-ranking federal official has stated the obvious: that we have far too many people in prison in the United States, and that we should re-think our sentencing laws.