WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2014. Deputy Attorney General James Cole announced today a new set of criteria the Justice Department and White House will use when considering clemency petitions from federal prisoners. The new criteria will help the Justice Department identify federal prisoners who, if sentenced today under current sentencing laws and policies, would likely have received a substantially lower sentence.
“Our federal sentencing laws have shattered families and wasted millions of dollars,” said Vanita Gupta, ACLU…






