Thursday, January 18, 2007

Mandatory Sentencing Overhaul -- Op Ed

Editorial on overhauling mandatory sentencing in the Canon City Daily Record

All crimes are not created equal, and the sentences should not be either.
With a change in political power in Congress, and a growing discomfort
among Republicans as well, change may be coming.

Congress will begin work this month, or perhaps in February, to consider
whether to change the mandatory sentencing laws that have tied the hands of
judges nationwide.
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