{"entry":{"title":"Prosecutors Cling to Mandatory Minimums","date":"Fri, 07 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0000","author":"Radley Balko, Washington Post","description":"
Most of the public policy and criminal justice world has woken up to the calamitous damage wrought by our mandatory minimum drug sentencing laws. That includes voices from left<\/a>, right<\/a>, libertarian<\/a>, and most recently, from Attorney General Eric Holder himself<\/a>. (Congress is in theory on board as well, although the bill to ease the minimum sentences is getting watered down<\/a>.)<\/p>","original_link":"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/opinions\/wp\/2014\/02\/06\/federal-prosecutors-cling-to-mandatory-minimums\/"}}