A couple of rather large things lately on the criminal justice front.
There was of course the announcement a couple weeks ago from the AG that sought to curtail the use of mandatory minimum sentencing in drug offenses with Holder declaring that welp, DOJ will try to do everything possible to avoid mandatory minimum sentencing by what amounts to prosecutorial discretion.
Also, this happened. It’s not outright legalization and I’m sure Libertarian Saviors like Gary Johnson and Rand Paul would have just dismantled the DOJ and DEA with a stroke of a pen, but I’ll take whatever progress we can get here.
Re the memo.
We’ll let’s see about that. Last time I heard, the DEA was still raiding dispenseries.Report
This.
If the administration actually does what it says it’s going to do, then awesome!
Otherwise, I am sure we will be hearing about how the administration had to go after the pot industries because it’s against federal law and/or the arrested weren’t doing it right, and if we don’t like it we should change the law.Report
There was something that people say about the relative importance of actions and words that would seem to apply here.Report