FAMM Welcomes Bipartisan Sentencing “Safety Valve” Bill in Congress, Releases New Report on How Safety Valves Help States
For Immediate Release: March 20, 2013 Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel, media@famm.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – FAMM President Julie Stewart today hailed the introduction of The Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 (S. 619), a bipartisan federal bill that would save taxpayer dollars by reserving scarce federal prison beds for the most dangerous offenders. The bill creates a “safety valve” that allows federal courts to impose sentences below the mandatory minimum sentence under specific conditions. The legislation was introduced on March 20 by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chair of the Senate