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Drug Policy Alliance: President Obama Makes History by Focusing Country’s Attention on Mass Incarceration and Failed Drug War


Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 17, 2015. President Obama made history this week by focusing our country’s attention on mass incarceration and the failed drug war.

It was incredibly moving to see the President speak out so passionately this week, at a prison yesterday, at the NAACP conference on Tuesday, and when he announced commutations for 46 people on Monday.

This is a remarkable moment and could be a turning point for fixing our criminal justice system. With the pledge of a second-term U.S. president, it really feels like the wind is in our sails.

But it’s still just a pledge. That’s why we’re stepping up pressure to fundamentally fix our broken criminal justice system, and to stop locking up hundreds of thousands of people for nothing more than a drug law violation. 

Below are some powerful clips, including DPA’s Anthony Papa on CNN, DPA’s Sharda Sekaran on the Huffington Post and more.

Another World Is Possible! No More Drug War!

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CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello

President Obama Makes Historic Trip to a Federal Prison, Pushes Criminal Justice Reform

Drug Policy Alliance’s Anthony Papa, Manager of Media Relations and author of 15 to Life talks about President Obama’s historic prison visit and his recent clemencies granted to 46 non-violent drug offenders, July 16, 2015

VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_8m3dDSxxw 

New York Times (Front Page)

Obama, in Oklahoma, Takes Reform Message to the Prison Cell Block

Obama Urges Criminal Justice Overhaul, By Peter Baker, July 16, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/17/us/obama-el-reno-oklahoma-prison.html

New York Times Editorial

President Obama Takes On the Prison Crisis, July 16, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/17/opinion/president-obama-takes-on-the-prison-crisis.html

Huffington Post

A Long-Awaited Promise: Obama Gets Real About Criminal Justice Reform, By: Sharda Sekaran: Drug Policy Alliance, July 14, 2015  

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sharda-sekaran/a-longawaited-promise-oba_b_7798510.html

New York Post

DPA’s Anthony Papa Profile: How this ex-con became the poster child for drug reform laws

By: Bob Fredericks, July 16, 2015

http://nypost.com/2015/07/16/how-this-ex-con-become-the-poster-child-for-drug-reform-laws/

Al Jazeera Video

5 Ways President Obama Wants To Overhaul The Criminal Justice System

President Obama calls for major criminal justice reforms in a NAACP speech, July 14, 2015

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JES214BYd2k

US News and World Report

Obama’s 46 Commutations Barely Scratch the Surface

Thousands more may die in prison for nonviolent crimes, July 13, 2015

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/07/13/obamas-46-commutations-barely-scratch-the-surface

Source: www.drugpolicy.org

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President Obama Grants Clemency to 46 People, Will Make Big Push for Criminal Justice Reform This Week

 


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