Sentencing

Holder, citing prison overcrowding, overrides some mandatory minimum sentences

Global Politics

Faced with overcrowded prisons, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a series of reforms to the way certain drug offenders are handled by the U.S. federal legal system. Of the 2.3 million Americans incarcerated, half are charged with drug-related crimes.

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