{"entry":{"title":"Obama Should Pardon Drug Offenders","date":"Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:00:00 +0000","author":"Jacob Sullum, Forbes","description":"
This week Eric Holder said something that critics of our criminal justice system have been saying for decades but no other U.S. attorney general has managed to say while still in office. \u201cToo many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason,\u201d he declared in a\u00a0speech<\/a>\u00a0to the American Bar Association. \u201cWidespread incarceration at the federal, state, and local levels is both ineffective and unsustainable.\u201d<\/p>","original_link":"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jacobsullum\/2013\/08\/15\/barack-the-unmerciful-drug-warrior-why-doesnt-obama-pardon-more-drug-offenders\/"}}