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ACLU: Holder Endorses Proposed Reduction of Drug Sentences

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  Attorney General endorsed a proposal to reduce prison sentences for certain nonviolent drug traffickers during testimony before the U.S. Sentencing Commission today. The proposed change would reduce the average sentence for drug traffickers by 11 months. The commission will vote on the proposal next month.

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“Our country’s top prosecutor continues to show his dedication to ending the failed, racially biased war on drugs,” said Laura W. Murphy, director of the ACLU’s Washington…

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