But few are happy with those changes: Sentencing reform advocates say they don't go far enough to fix draconian sentences, while the U.S. Department of Justice contends that the changes could give some white-collar criminals a new avenue for unfair leniency.
After the tremendous voter turnout for our last Sentence of the Week, we at S.O.T.W. headquarters have decided to make a radical change: Sentence of the Week will now be a democratic institution.
The reporters, he said, had changed sentences.
He changed sentencing laws to handle a growing prison population.
Under the changed sentencing guidelines, he would have only faced a term of eight and a half years.
He said he would change sentencing laws, which former congressmen have admitted were influenced by Cali cartel bribes.
In 2010, Congress changed sentencing rules for crack-cocaine possession, establishing higher-quantity thresholds for mandatory jail time.
"It can reduce sentences for parole violations or change sentencing law or go along with the governor's plan, but it has to do something".
If we aren't willing to change sentencing laws or make more use of compassionate release, we'll need to pour vast sums of money into prisons to provide adequate conditions of care for the soaring population of geriatric prisoners.
First I dealt with the typos and any easily changed sentences.
