All posts tagged "Drug Crimes"
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Alec Siegel | May 15, 2017Sessions Undermines Bipartisan Push for Criminal Justice Reform
Sessions recently called on prosecutors to pursue the strictest sentences--even for non-violent offenders.
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Alec Siegel | December 20, 2016Obama Grants Clemency to 231 Prisoners; Most Ever in a Single Day
78 of the convicts were pardoned, 153 had their sentences commuted.
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Alec Siegel | October 12, 2016New Study Finds Marijuana Arrests Outnumber Those for Violent Crimes
A new report from the ACLU and Human Rights Watch sheds light on drug-related arrests.
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Emma Von Zeipel | August 23, 2016Philippine President Duterte Threatens to Leave U.N., Calling it Useless
The president lashed out at his critics on Sunday night.
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Jake Ephros | July 25, 2014First Pregnant Woman Arrested Under Controversial Tennessee Law
Mallory Loyola became the first pregnant woman to be arrested and charged with assault on her fetus under...
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Marisa Mostek | July 22, 2014Are We Nearing the End of Failed Mandatory Minimum Sentences?
Keeping non violent criminals incarcerated for decades leads to overcrowded conditions and billions of taxpayer dollars. The mandatory...



