FAMM: Reform Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Laws, Witnesses Tell Senate Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2013 Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel, media@famm.org (mpratt@famm.org) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- At a packed public hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, a former federal prosecutor and the director of a conservative criminal justice reform group called on U.S. Senators to roll back federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws. These witnesses told committee members that one-size-fits-all penalties do more harm than good, a message confirmed by the dozens of FAMM members who traveled from across the country to attend the hearing. “Today’s