U.S. Sentencing Commission Reforms Take Effect on Saturday; Change is Latest Step to Reduce Mass Incarceration and Scale Back Failed Drug War
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2014. On Saturday, November 1, changes to federal drug sentencing guidelines take effect and courts may begin considering petitions from incarcerated individuals for sentencing reductions. Thousands of people who are currently serving long, punitive drug-related sentences in federal prisons could be eligible to apply, although no one who benefits from this reform…
