The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on mandatory minimum sentencing last Wednesday, as Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and fellow committee member Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) sought to...
Tuesday’s historic hearing in the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary may not have marked the tipping point in ending the federal war on medical cannabis patients, but there...
As promised, Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has scheduled hearings on marijuana policy. “Conflicts between State and Federal Marijuana Laws” will take place September 10...
After decades of ever-increasing resort to mass incarceration in the United States, we seem to be reaching the end of the line. Driven in large part by...
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), head of the Senate Appropriations Committee, last week blocked the release of $95 million in funds destined to help Mexico prosecute its war...
013 Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rand Paul (R-KY) have introduced S. 619, the bipartisan “Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013,” allowing judges to set aside mandatory...
Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT), the powerful head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called for the end of mandatory minimum sentencing at both the state and federal levels...
The Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the most senior member of the Senate, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) again spoke out against the War on Drugs...
