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Senate Judiciary Committee, hearing on mandatory minimums -- Rand Paul waiting to testify
Senate Judiciary Committee, hearing on mandatory minimums -- Rand Paul waiting to testify

Senate Hearing Takes on Mandatory Minimums [FEATURE]

Sens. Patrick Leahy and Rand Paul led the charge for mandatory minimum sentencing reform at a Judiciary Committee hearing last week. The adminstration and the federal judiciary are already on board; now, it's time for Congress to step up to the plate.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

We have a doozy of a corruption tale out of West Virginia, a pair of Kentucky deputies get caught peddling pills, and a Georgia deputy gets nailed for selling weed from his cop cruiser.
Eric Holder
Eric Holder

Federal Sentencing Break to Include "Pipeline" Cases

Attorney General Holder Thursday announced that his directive to federal prosecutors to not seek mandatory minimum sentences against most drug offenders will also apply to those already charged but not yet imprisoned.