CSPAN Washington Journal Holly Harris Discusses New Justice Department... May 28, 2017
To his staff not to charge at the highest levels. So in other words not to invoke a lat of these mandatory minimum sentences that we know have helped explode the the prison population and has not given the safety return that we deserve. Very recently the new attorney general who has long been an opponent re versed that directive and is now directing his staff and u. S. Attorneys and prosecutors around the country to charge at the highest levels including at mandatory minimum sentencing levels. Obviously my organization feels thats going in the wrong direction because states around the country ...