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Sessions bringing back an old hit: the War on Drugs.

Posted on: May 12, 2017 at 11:38:06 CT
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On Thursday, the former federal prosecutor from Alabama took the first steps toward a return to The Drug War. The now-attorney general of the United States rescinded a policy issued by his predecessor Eric Holder instructing federal prosecutors to avoid charges with long mandatory minimums where appropriate. Instead, Sessions instructed, prosecutors should “charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense” And to be clear, Sessions wrote, “By definition, the most serious offenses are those that carry that most substantial [sentencing] guidelines sentence, including mandatory minimum sentences.”

Many people in the criminal justice system thought federal prosecution had evolved beyond this mindset. Sentencing guidelines were changed from mandatory to advisory, some mandatory minimums were erased and the disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences was reduced. Drug treatment was seen as a more effective alternative to heavy incarceration. Sessions’ push for maximum penalties brought immediate groans of dismay from many quarters, including some former prosecutors.

John Walsh, the former U.S. attorney for Colorado and past chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys in 2015-16, acknowledged that crime was rising in some parts of the country. “But this policy rests on the misapprehension that charging more severely across the board will have the effect of reducing specific hot spots of crime,” Walsh said. “That has to be addressed in a targeted, focused way. Raising the severity of sentencing across the board, in every U.S. attorney’s office across the country, is not going to have that effect.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/05/12/sessions-takes-federal-drug-policy-back-to-the-80s/
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Sessions bringing back an old hit: the War on Drugs. - tigerspy MU - 5/12 11:38:06
     correct me if i'm wrong but sessions's policy - SuperTone MU - 5/12 11:42:06
          No surprise the pizzaman can't figure it out. (nm) - tigerspy MU - 5/12 11:46:14
               so you don't know the answer? not surprised.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 5/12 11:47:53
                    Pizzaman thinks he won a debate! (nm) - tigerspy MU - 5/12 11:49:35
                         He did - Mizzou Lou KC - 5/12 11:53:28
                              Are you autistic or something? (nm) - tigerspy MU - 5/12 11:56:29
                                   no you are the only one here who is - MizSecZou MU - 5/12 12:11:28
                                   Why is personal insults your goto every time?(nm) - SuperTone MU - 5/12 11:58:55
                                        What insult? I asked a question. (nm) - tigerspy MU - 5/12 12:00:54
                                             "Debate" was your term - Mizzou Lou KC - 5/12 12:10:40
                                                  Oh no, he called me a "cuck"! Oooooh! (nm) - tigerspy MU - 5/12 12:14:05
                         what debate? I asked a question. Can you answer?(nm) - SuperTone MU - 5/12 11:52:22
                              The question AND answer are completely irrelevant. (nm) - tigerspy MU - 5/12 11:56:58
                                   I need to know the answer before I can agree to that.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 5/12 11:58:22
                                        It is either yes or no. (nm) - tigerspy MU - 5/12 12:00:08
                                             correct. I can give a yes or no once I know the answer.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 5/12 12:15:13
                                                  Either answer is irrelevant. - tigerspy MU - 5/12 12:16:48
     he never mentioned drugs specifically. he is raising the bar - blake1771 KC - 5/12 11:41:51
     Enforce the laws or change them. (nm) - hefeweizen MU - 5/12 11:39:14
          ^wants to force religious businesses to serve gay weddings(nm) - El-ahrairah KC - 5/12 11:58:56
               Religion is a business? (nm) - tigerspy MU - 5/12 12:04:15
                    Oh dear (nm) - pickle MU - 5/12 12:08:08
          ^would make people buy insurance who don't want it(nm) - El-ahrairah KC - 5/12 11:57:01
          Excellent point. Obama and the wimpy congress did not have - hokie VT - 5/12 11:55:17
          ^would return runaway slaves to their master(nm) - El-ahrairah KC - 5/12 11:48:17
               They are all dead(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 5/12 11:53:18
                    That does make you sad, I'm sure. (nm) - tigerspy MU - 5/12 11:57:57
                         The masters are dead too. - Tigrrrr! MU - 5/12 14:01:06
               so dumb. Your strawman is ridiculous(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 5/12 11:50:13
                    Your words: "enforce the laws or change them" (nm) - pickle MU - 5/12 12:07:25
          The laws are fuked. - MrBlueSky MU - 5/12 11:47:13
               then change them(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 5/12 11:47:24
                    I'd love to. Congress and the DEA do not want to (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 5/12 11:52:23
                         Looks like you have work to do(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 5/12 12:01:46
                              Looks like reading the Constitution - pickle MU - 5/12 12:06:45
          No (nm) - pickle MU - 5/12 11:43:05
               yes(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 5/12 11:44:22
                    No, hefe (nm) - pickle MU - 5/12 12:05:36
          That has never been how law enforcement works. (nm) - tigerspy MU - 5/12 11:41:17
               it's exactly how law enforcement works. smh - blake1771 KC - 5/12 11:42:40
                    Not ever. - tigerspy MU - 5/12 11:43:46
                         what someone is charged with and what someone is convicted - blake1771 KC - 5/12 11:46:15
                              To what end? - tigerspy MU - 5/12 11:48:44
               lol, what? (nm) - hefeweizen MU - 5/12 11:42:06
                    Discretion, plea deals, etc. - tigerspy MU - 5/12 11:42:48




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