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7 Jun 2011, 5:23 am
Holder moves to reduce sentencing disparities between crack, cocaine offenders - The Denver PostWASHINGTON — Thousands of federal prisoners could be released beginning later this year to correct wide disparities in sentences between crack and cocaine offenders under a proposal that won the key support of Attorney General Eric Holder. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 9:01 am by Carrie Schimizzi
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] said in an interview [NYT report] with the New York Times Sunday that he hopes to hold a civilian trial for accused 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], but that a military tribunal must be considered in the wake of mounting public and political pressure. [read post]
19 Apr 2021, 3:07 pm by Steve Lash
Attorney General Eric Holder bills out at nearly $2,300 per hour. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 6:50 am by Zach Zagger
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] Thursday defended his plans to prosecute terror suspects in federal civilian courts, responding to harsh criticism from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) [official website] urging two Iraqi-born terror suspects in Kentucky be sent to the Guantanamo Bay military detention facility. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 12:23 pm by Mary L. Dudziak
Attorney General Eric Holder's statement on Friday that the administration would likely file an Amicus Brief in the same-sex marriage cases is an example of why I told New York Magazine that Holder is a member of the cabinet likely to be regarded by historians as consequential 20 years from now. [read post]
14 Aug 2013, 5:58 am by Timothy P. Flynn
Attorney General Eric Holder announced a significant shift in federal drug policy that could have an impact on our decades-long "War-on-Drugs". [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 8:30 am by Mary Whisner
Jerry Markon Attorney General Eric Holder reverses Bush policy on DNA waivers, Wash. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 8:55 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] on Monday ordered a review of all government claims invoking the state secrets privilege [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 5:13 am by Brian Jackson
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] on Tuesday defended his intention to try suspected terrorists, including accused 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC Profile; JURIST news archive] in civilian criminal court. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 11:49 am by Zach Zagger
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] Wednesday testified [text, PDF] before the US Sentencing Commission (USSC) [official website] calling for the retroactive application of a new law bringing the sentences for crack cocaine more in line for those of powder cocaine. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 4:37 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website; JURIST news archive] visited the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] military prison on Monday as part of a Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] review of the suspended military commission system established to try the detainees. [read post]
11 Jul 2010, 11:59 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] said during an interview [transcript] Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation that no final decision has been reached as to whether accused 9/11 conspirators, such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], will be tried in civilian court or by military tribunal. [read post]
17 Jun 2009, 3:11 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] on Tuesday called for stricter federal hate crime laws [transcript], maintaining that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] is committed to working with Congress to pass such legislation. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 12:23 pm
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] announced Monday that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and four other co-conspirators will be tried before a military commission [statement] for their roles in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. [read post]
24 Feb 2015, 9:19 pm by Tom Smith
Attorney General Holder accuses Americans of being afraid to talk honestly about race relations, then uses his office to scapegoat police departments for black pathology. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 1:17 pm by Mike Scarcella
James Cole, the deputy attorney general, said in the letter that the department determined Holder's response to the subpoena for documents about the Fast and Furious gun-tracking probe was not a crime. [read post]
14 Aug 2013, 9:44 pm
Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced that he is mandating a change to Justice Department policy regarding no longer requiring charging of crimes with mandatory minimum sentences in the cases of individuals who have committed low-level, non-violent drug crimes who do not have ties to large-scale organizations, gangs or cartels. [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 12:48 pm by Maritime Law Staff
In his letter, the attorney general said Feinberg agreed to an audit, a step that Holder has been urging for some time. [read post]