The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a sentencing reform bill that would cut in half the mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug offenses and get rid mandatory minimums for drug offenders without a criminal history.
January 30, 2014 at 01:27 PM
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The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a sentencing reform bill that would cut in half the mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug offenses and get rid mandatory minimums for drug offenders without a criminal history.
The Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014 now heads to the full Senate with bipartisan support including Democratic sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), as well as Republicans sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
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