2008 news clips
11/2/08
Man faces post-prison challenges
Tampa Tribune (mentions FAMM and member Richard Paey)
10/21/08
Second chance, please
Boston Herald (letter to the editor written by Barbara Dougan)
10/20/08
One way to cut prison costs
Editorial, The Christian Science Monitor
10/17/08
Reefer madness: Drug laws are so fifties
Advocay group calls for a return to the Seventies on sentencing
The Austin Chronicle
10/17/08
Mandatory minimums unjust - and they don't work
By Eric E. Sterling for the Buffalo News
10/10/08
Sentences on Trial
Washington Post editorial
9/29/08
Rethinking mandatory sentences
The Toledo Blade
9/25/08
Poll against mandatory sentences
UPI
9/24/08
Poll: 60 percent of Americans oppose mandatory minimum sentences
The Christian Science Monitor
9/06/08
U.S. sentencing panel to focus on alternatives to jail
The Wall Street Journal
7/29/08
Reforming clemency
New York Times (letter to the editor written by Molly Gill)
6/28/08
Unlikely allies on a former wedge issue
New York Times (mentions FAMM and Julie Stewart)
6/24/08
The day innocence died
ESPN (mentions FAMM and member Derrick Curry)
6/20/08
Drug-sentence disparities are shameful
Augusta Chronicle (letter to the editor written by FAMM member Cheryl Williams)
6/8/08
Coming home after a reduced sentence
Washington Post (quotes Mary Price)
6/1/08
Cracking open
Washington Post magazine cover story (interviews FAMM member Michael Short, mentions FAMM)
5/21/08
Letter to the editor: Dick Morris's bad advice
Washington Post (written by Jennifer Seltzer Stitt)
5/17/08
Jailhouse revival
Today's News Herald, Arizona (mentions FAMM report)
5/13/08
House mulls change in sentencing rules
Providence Journal (quotes former FAMM litigation director, David Zlotnick)
5/5/08
Fiscal pressures lead some states to free inmates early
Washington Post (quote Laura Sager)
4/27/08
Drug sentencing, U.S.-style doomed to fail, critics say
Canadian West New Service (quotes Karen Garrison and Julie Stewart)
4/9/08
Bush signs into law a program that gives grants to former convicts
Washington Post (quotes Julie Stewart)
4/9/08
As many crack convicts are freed early, will crime rise?
Christian Science Monitor (quotes Julie Stewart and Karen Garrison)
3/31/08
Mixed reactions on early release of crack offenders
'Tell me more' with Michel Martin
National Public Radio (interview with Julie Stewart)
3/8/08
Mukasey feeds the prison binge
The National Journal (quotes Mary Price)
3/6/08
Crack cocaine prison terms may be eased
Chicago Tribune (quotes Julie Stewart)
3/3/08
Letter to the editor: A weak case
Los Angeles Times (written by Mary Price)
3/3/08
Some crack convicts could soon be set free
CNN (mentions FAMM)
3/1/08
Crack inmates can seek early out
Disparities between crack, powder cocaine penalties heavily debated
Charlotte Observer (quotes Mary Price)
2/21/08
Fresnan's cocaine sentence reduced
She'll be among first to benefit from new guidelines on crack.
The Fresno Bee (mentions FAMM member Stacy Candler)
2/21/08
US shift may free up to 30 inmates: Judges here trim prison time for crack convictions
Boston Globe (quotes Mary Price)
2/6/08
Mukasey wants to block crack releases
Associated Press (quotes Mary Price)
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