AOL: Thousands of federal inmates serving sentences for drug crimes are set for early release next month under a cost-cutting measure intended to reduce the nation’s prison population.
The more than 5,500 inmates set to go free in November are among the first of what could eventually be tens of thousands eligible for release. The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted last year to retroactively apply substantially lower recommended sentences for those convicted of drug-related felonies.
The commission, an independent panel that sets federal sentencing policy, estimated the prison terms would be cut by an average of 25 months… (more)
EDITOR: At long last. So many lives ruined by excessive sentencing. So may families destroyed. So many children without a parent.
Here is an ad that we at Common Sense For Drug Policy posted circa 2005 on a few billboards in California to generate media coverage and ran in a half a dozen news magazines. There are about a ninety ads also posted on the site. The provided the foundation for toady’s drug policy reform and harm reduction efforts.
