U.S. SENTENCING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY VOTES TO REDUCE DRUG PENALTIES RETROACTIVELY The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted today to apply reduced drug penalties retroactively to 46,000 prisoners serving excessive sentences for federal drug offenses. In April the Commission amended the federal sentencing guidelines to reduce offense levels across drug types. Today’s vote will help to alleviate the unsustainable burden on the federal prison system by allowing federal prisoners serving time for a drug offense to seek a reduction in their current sentence -- potentially reducing average prison terms nearly two years. Unless Congress acts to disapprove the amendment, it will go into effect November 1, 2015. NOTICE THE LAST CAVEAT. While news and entertainment programs joke about the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington state, hundreds of thousands of African American youth are languishing in prisons for possession or use of the same drug. Its only your voice that will make Congress uphold the decision of the US Sentencing Commission. Let your congressman know where you stand. congressmerge/onlinedb/
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:57:10 +0000
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