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22 Aug 2013, 9:20 am
22 Aug 2013, 7:20 am
This announcement is further evidence that the administration is not prepared to significantly roll back the War on Drugs, despite Attorney General Eric Holder’s much-discussed speech last week, which seemed to suggest otherwise but actually resulted in very little real change in policy. [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 1:07 pm
Federal Government Argues That Smartphones Have No Expectation of Privacy and Police Are Free to Surf Your Phone Holder and his attorneys are telling the U.S. [read post]
20 Aug 2013, 7:00 am
Attorney General Eric Holder also commented in reference to the work done by the Strike Force "Today's announcement marks the latest step forward in our comprehensive efforts to combat fraud and abuse in our health-care systems..." they are "protecting the American people from all forms of health-care fraud, safeguarding taxpayer resources and ensuring the integrity of essential health-care programs." [read post]
20 Aug 2013, 6:33 am
Attorney General Eric Holder stood before the world and promised that his office was committed to curbing "draconian" minimum mandatory sentences for lower-tier drug offenders, it sounded awfully familiar to many Floridians. [read post]
19 Aug 2013, 2:35 pm
Attorney General Eric Holder is recommending sending people convicted of low-level offenses to drug treatment programs and community service programs. [read post]
19 Aug 2013, 2:35 pm
Attorney General Eric Holder is recommending sending people convicted of low-level offenses to drug treatment programs and community service programs. [read post]
19 Aug 2013, 2:35 pm
Attorney General Eric Holder is recommending sending people convicted of low-level offenses to drug treatment programs and community service programs. [read post]
19 Aug 2013, 7:34 am
And, of course, the big news of last week was Eric Holder's recognition that there are a lot of people in federal prison. [read post]
18 Aug 2013, 9:16 am
Attorney General Eric Holder's recent statements regarding a reformed approach to drug crimes in this country has marijuana advocates wondering what this could mean for legalization efforts, as well as ongoing federal crackdowns on medical marijuana providers in California. [read post]
17 Aug 2013, 4:57 pm
What do Texas Governor Rick Perry and US Attorney General Eric Holder have in common? [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 1:45 pm
Eric Holder Announces Sweeping Criminal Law Reform You've likely already seen this week's big news: Attorney General Eric Holder announced in a speech on Monday that he will instruct federal prosecutors to charge low-level drug offenses so as not to trigger a mandatory minimum sentence. [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 8:41 am
Though not Texas-specific, Gideon at A Public Defender lays out the implications of this revelation as well as anyone I've seen.New Holder policy either 'conservative,' 'lawless,' or (most likely) just pro-prosecutorConservatives are split over US Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement that the USDOJ will no longer pursue charges with mandatory minimums in drug possession cases. [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 6:55 am
Finally, with Monday's announcement by Eric Holder, we have a public acknowledgment by our country’s top law enforcement official that the War on Drugs and its policies, implemented since the 1970’s, have failed. [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 12:57 pm
Arguing that the federal criminal justice system is in "too many ways broken," Attorney General Eric Holder spoke Monday to the American Bar Association about reforming the Government's approach to the war on drugs. [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 9:58 am
Remember two days ago when Attorney General Eric Holder gave a major, televised speech calling out the US for throwing too many people behind bars? [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]
14 Aug 2013, 5:30 pm
The NY Times here described Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr's., speech to the ABA this week where he announced that the DOJ will no longer include drug amounts in indictments for low level drug dealers so as to circumvent the triggering of minimum mandatory sentences, as a "transformational moment.". [read post]
14 Aug 2013, 3:49 pm
14 Aug 2013, 12:52 pm
Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: American Bar Association / ABA, Attorney General Eric Holder, Drugs, Eric Holder, James R. [read post]
