Monday, August 12, 2013

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to call for reform in criminal justice system

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured), is calling for major changes to the nation's criminal justice system that would scale back the use of harsh prison sentences for certain drug-related crimes, divert people convicted of low-level offenses to drug treatment and community service programs and expand a prison program to allow for release of some elderly, non-violent offenders.

In remarks prepared for delivery Monday to the American Bar Association in San Francisco, Holder said he

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