FAMM Welcomes Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Reforms
Parts of new law build on 2010 drug sentencing reformsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 31, 2012 Contact: Barbara J. Dougan, bdougan@famm.org BOSTON: Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) welcomes the reforms to mandatory minimum drug sentencing laws that are part of the sentencing bill that Gov. Deval Patrick has agreed to sign into law. The new law includes reforms that FAMM has supported for years: limiting the state’s “school zone” law and making some drug offenders now in prison eligible for the same reentry opportunities – parole, work release and earned good time – that