Headline Roundup May 12, 2017
Sessions Calls For Harsher Drug Sentences
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reversing one of the central elements of the Obama administration's criminal justice reform agenda: a Justice Department policy that led to prosecutors in drug cases often filing charges in a way that avoided triggering mandatory minimum sentences in federal law.
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Jeff Sessions enacts harsher sentencing and charges in criminal justice overhaul
The Guardian
News
Attorney general Jeff Sessions is directing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of Obama-era policies that is sure to send more people to prison and for much longer terms.
Sessions moves to lengthen drug sentences
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AG rolls back Obama-era policy that allowed many to escape stiff mandatory minimums
Sessions Memo Orders Tougher Sentences, Reversing Obama-era Policy
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo directing federal prosecutors to pursue the toughest charges against most criminals.
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