Unfortunately, our new attorney general, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, seems to want to turn back the clock on policies we feel failed in the past and reimpose the imposition of extreme sentences for low-level and non-violent crimes.
Criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' approach to sentencing policies.
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