Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo Friday ordering prosecutors to pursue the “most serious, readily provable” charges and the toughest sentences for drug crimes.
It’s a major reversal of the Justice Department’s approach under former President Obama, which sought to reduce sentences for non-violent drug offenses. Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with NPR’s Ron Elving ( @NPRrelving) about the new sentencing guidelines.
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