This will make the for-profit prison corporations happy
A pox on all the houses of the Libertarian, middle-of-the-roaders, and JPR types who thought tRump was the better choice.
Jeff Sessions Rolls Back Obama-Era Drug Sentencing Reforms
The Attorney General says a harsher approach is “moral and just.”
WASHINGTON ― Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed federal prosecutors this week to take the most aggressive approach possible against federal criminal defendants. The policy change will result in lengthier prison sentences for drug offenders and likely reverse a recent drop in the federal prison population.
In a memo dated May 10, Sessions wrote federal prosecutors “should charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense,” calling that a “core principle” of the Justice Department’s charging and sentencing policy.
The new policy replaces the approach of the Justice Department during the Obama administration under former Attorneys General Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch. They gave federal prosecutors more leeway to decide when it was appropriate to charge crimes that trigger mandatory minimums, which automatically result in set prison terms.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-doj-drug-sentencing-trump_us_59155c78e4b0fe039b339a20?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
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