NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2015. Adding to her call this spring to “end the era of mass incarceration,” today Hillary Clinton outlined specific reforms to tackle mandatory minimum sentences, which disproportionately hurt African Americans and other minority communities. These proposals build on her criminal justice reform agenda, which also includes measures to eliminate the sentencing disparity for crack and powder cocaine, executive action to “ban the box,” and ending racial profiling by law enforcement.
