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12/10/02
The Lansing State Journal editorializes on the need for sentencing reform.

12/9/02
The Detroit Free Press columnist Brian Dickerson on why Michigan mandatory sentences must change

Detroit News oped - Former Governor Milliken writes about his opposition to mandatory sentences

8/15/02
The Detroit Free Press editorializes in support of the McConico substitute bills

4/1/2002
Oakland Press - Police chiefs say for now, the war on drugs seems doomed to fail. The battles won't be won with the strategies in effect today, including mandatory sentences, according to three Oakland County, Michigan Police Chiefs.

3/18/02
The Detroit Free Press editorial - For drug cases, greater flexibility would be more just.