Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (senate.gov)
Sentencing Bills Before Senate Judiciary Committee
The Senate Judiciary will be marking up three sentencing reform bills Thursday. They are significant ones.
Mandatory Minimums
Finally, Clarence Aaron will go free.
Obama Commutes Sentences of Clarence Aaron, Seven Other Crack Offenders [FEATURE]
Breaking with his past practice, President Obama Thursday granted commutation to eight federal prisoners serving long sentences for crack cocaine-related offenses, including Clarence Aaron, who has been in for 20 years.
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Call Judiciary Committee Senators TODAY to End Harsh Drug Sentencing!
Update: The committee markup has been postponed until next week -- that means there's still time to call!
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Chronicle AM -- December 5, 2013
Busy, busy on the marijuana policy front today, and there is also medical marijuana news, a new report on coerced federal plea bargains, a call for call-ins to the Senate on mandatory minimums next week, and more.
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Is There a Perfect Storm for Federal Sentencing Reform? [FEATURE]
It's not just Attorney General Holder's speech on sentencing reform Monday. The prospects for sentencing reform in the Congress are looking better than ever, with bills garnering bipartisan support.
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Human Rights Watch on Coerced Guilty Pleas in US Drug Cases
[inline:offer-you-cant-refuse.jpg align=right]A report from Human Rights Watch released this morning demonstrates the corruption o
David Borden
Editorial: Did Trey Radel Really Vote for Drug Testing?
Headlines about the "cocaine congressman voting to drug test food stamp recipients" are at best only technically accurate, and miss the support Rep. Radel has shown for compassionate sentencing reform.
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New Daily Roundups from Drug War Chronicle
There's a lot going on in the world of drug policy. Here are the stories we noted in our new Chronicle AM daily survey this week.
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Chronicle Daily News--October 31, 2013
Here's our first try at altering our format to continue to bring you comprehensive coverage of what's going on in the war on drugs and the world of drug reform. Look for this or something similar on a daily basis from now on.
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.