Attorney General Eric Holder Urges Congress to Pass Bipartisan ‘Smarter Sentencing Act’ to Reform Mandatory Minimum Sentences

by Gary Kopycinski on January 23, 2014

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Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2014. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday urged Congress to pass the bipartisan Smarter Sentencing Act, introduced by Senators Dick Durbin and Mike Lee. A copy of the Attorney General’s statement, which was recorded as an online video, appears below: