Dozens of Former Federal Prosecutors Endorse Mandatory Minimum Reform
Support Grows for Justice Safety Valve ActFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2013 Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel, media@famm.org (mpratt@famm.org) or (202) 822-6700 WASHINGTON, DC -- A group of more than 50 former federal prosecutors and judges today sent a letter to Capitol Hill endorsing the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013, legislation that authorizes judges to depart from a mandatory minimum sentence in cases where the minimum is not necessary to protect public safety and would be unjust given the facts and circumstances of the crime and defendant. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and