Patrick Leahy actually said...

As Senator McCain and I pointed out in a brief to the Supreme Court recently, this latter condition is a prescription for corruption.

Just yesterday in the Senate, Senators Rand Paul and Patrick Leahy introduced the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013, S. 619.

It protects public safety. As one of the former speakers said, this is not a get out of jail free card either.

It would allow the courts to sentence federal offenders below the mandatory minimum whenever that minimum term does not fulfill the goals of...