5/21/13 - Obama is stingy with his pardons
Townhall.com column by Debra Saunders
5/13/13 - Mandatory Phila. gun penalties are a misfire
Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed by Julie Stewart and Pat Nolan, vice president of Prison Fellowship
5/8/13 - A chance for sentencing reform
Wall Street Journal op-ed by Doug Berman and Harlan Protass (quotes Julie Stewart)
5/5/13 - In place of compassion, cruelty
Editorial, The New York Times (mentions FAMM)
5/1/13 - Justice Dept AG says compassionate release program in federal prison is poorly managed
Associated Press (via Washington Post), quotes Mary Price
4/29/13 - Bipartisan bill would ease prison overcrowding
The Hill, Congress blog op-ed by Galen Carey, vice president of the National Association of Evangelicals
4/26/13 - Georgia to focus on inmate rehabilitation
Atlanta Journal Constitution (quotes Julie Stewart)
4/26/13 - Change in sentencing will improve the system
Tallahassee Democrat, by Lester Abberger
4/24/13 - New House bill should be priority for Attorney General
Huffington Post op-ed by Julie Stewart
4/24/13 - 10 people who received outrageous sentences for drug convictions
Business Insider (features FAMM supporters)
4/14/13 - A mother reinvents herself as a criminal justice advocate after her twins go to prison
Washington Post Metro feature on Karen Garrison
4/5/13 - HuffPostLive: Justifying Mandatory Prison Sentences
Interview with FAMM's Greg Newburn (VIDEO)
4/5/13 - Paul: Minimizing the role of judges
Washington Times op-ed by Sen. Rand Paul
4/4/13 - The Diane Rehm Show
Julie Stewart discusses mandatory minimum sentencing laws.
4/3/13 - Crack 'pipeline' cases wrapping up
The Chattanooga Times Free Press (quotes Julie Stewart)
4/3/13 - A heartbreaking drug sentencing of staggering idiocy
The Atlantic (mentions Florida FAMM supporter John Horner)
4/1/13 - Robert Bennett: Federal laws overly intrusive
The Deseret News
3/30/13 - Eugene Jarecki and the campaign to end America's war on drugs
The Guardian/The Observer UK
3/28/13 - Long prison term is less so thanks to judge's regret
The New York Times
3/26/13 - The trouble with using police informants in the US
BBC World Radio (mentions Florida FAMM supporter John Horner)
3/26/13 - Judges need mechanism for mercy
Debra Saunders column, quotes Julie Stewart
3/25/13 - Barack the Unmerciful
Reason
3/24/13 - Will Canada heed U.S. warnings on mandatory minimum sentencing?
CTV News, Question Period with Kevin Newman, interviews with Julie Stewart and Tim Lynch, CATO
3/24/13 - Rand Paul: Keep marijuana illegal, but kill mandatory minimums
Daily Caller/Fox Sunday News Video with Sen. Rand Paul
3/23/13 - Shrinking prisons, saving billions
New York Times editorial
3/22/13 - DiMasi deserves consideration for 'compassionate release'
Boston Globe editorial, mentions FAMM
3/21/13 - Senate bill to reform harsh mandatory minimums gets bipartisan support
Think Progress, mentions FAMM
3/20/13 - Leahy-Paul bill would relax federal sentencing laws
Roll Call, quotes Julie Stewart
3/20/13 - Paul-Leahy sentencing bill will ensure time fits the crime
The Hill, op-ed by Julie Stewart and Grover Norquist, president Americans for Tax Reform
3/20/13 - Justice Safety Valve Act would give flexibility on mandatory minimum sentences
The Huffington Post, quotes Julie Stewart
3/20/13 - Today Rand Paul and Pat Leahy introduced a bill to fix our atrocious federal mandatory minimum laws
Reason Hit & Run blog by Mike Riggs, quotes Julie Stewart
3/20/13 - Senate bill seeks to cut down long mandatory sentences for drug offenses
The Raw Story, quotes Julie Stewart
3/19/13 - DOJ must take lead on prison overcrowding
Main Justice op-ed by Mary Price
3/18/13 - Mandatory minimum sentences: Interview with Julie Stewart
The Gil Gross Show (AUDIO)
3/18/13 - Julie Stewart on the Ronn Owens Show
Interview (AUDIO)
3/8/13 - Any hope left for Clarence Aaron?
Huffington Post commentary by Julie Stewart, FAMM president
3/8/13 - Saving the next Hadiya isn't this easy
Editorial by the Chicago Sun-Times, mentions FAMM
3/4/13 - Obama the merciless
SF Gate column by Debra Saunders, quotes Julie Stewart
2/20/13 - My brother's five years in prison gave me a 20-year crusade
TakePart.com op-ed by Julie Stewart
2/18/13 - Unjust mandatory minimums
Editorial, The New York Times
2/18/13 - Long prison terms eyed as contributing to poverty
The New York Times
2/18/13 - Who Will Legalize Pot Next?
The Nation, FAMM's Mary Price is interviewed.
2/15/13 - Snitching shouldn't be required for a fair sentence
TakePart.com op-ed by FAMM's Molly Gill
2/15/13 - Relatives serve time too
HuffPostLive show, FAMM's Karen Garrison is a guest.
2/15/13 - Len Bias death is the reason we shouldn't rush to judgment on gun laws
The Chicago Sun-Times oped by Julie Stewart
2/14/13 - Mandatory minimum cop-out
Huffington Post op-ed by Julie Stewart
2/10/13 - Celebrity Court Radio with Liz Kelley
Interview with FAMM's Mary Price
2/8/13 - Lawrence and Lamont Garrison: Young, Gifted, Black and Locked Up
TakePart.com, interviews Karen Garrison
2/7/13 - We all did time for my brother's crime
TakePart.com op-ed by FAMM's Andrea Strong
2/1/13 - Sentences so long, they scare us to death
Huffington Post op-ed by Mary Price, FAMM vice president and general counsel
1/30/13 - True of False: U.S. prisons are overflowing with people who don't belong there
TakePart.com, interviews FAMM member Debi Campbell
1/26/13 - Thumb on the scale: How mandatory minimum sentences distort pleas bargaining
The Economist
1/25/13 - Police have done more than prisons to cut crime in New York
The New York Times
1/18/13 - Obama's promise could send you to prison
Debra Saunders column
1/8/13 - Jailers should not be the judge, too
USA TODAY column by FAMM's Mary Price and Jamie Fellner, Human Rights Watch
1/5/13 - A quality of mercy, strained
Editorial, The New York Times
1/2/13 - Plead Guilty or Go to Prison for Life
Reason column by Jacob Sullum
12/19/12 - FAMM president Julie Stewart on The Alan Colmes Show
Click here to listen to Julie's segment on the Alan Colmes Show.
12/19/12 - IG criticizes Justice pardon attorney over his handling of inmate's plea for release
The Washington Post (quotes Julie Stewart)
12/18/12 - Head of Pardons Office witheld facts from White House in key case
ProPublica (quotes Julie Stewart)
12/15/12 - A smart conservative position on war on drugs
Debra Saunders column (mentions FAMM)
12/12/12 - For lesser crimes, rethinking life behind bars
The New York Times (quotes Mary Price)
12/8/12 - What compassionate release?
Editorial, The New York Times (mentions FAMM/Human Rights Watch report)
12/7/12 - The US Bureau of Prisons' lack of compassion costs it dear
The Guardian, Sadhbh Walshe (mentions FAMM/Human Rights Watch report)
12/6/12 - Release sick, dying inmates
Editorial, The Daily Gazette (Albany, NY)
12/4/12 - An achievable post election justice agenda
The Crime Report, Viewpoint by Julie Stewart
11/30/12 - Federal prisons urged to grant more early releases
Associated Press (on FAMM/Human Rights Watch report)
11/30/12 - Federal "compassionate" prison release rarely given
NPR Morning Edition (Mary Price interviewed)
11/14/12 - Americans voting smarter about crime, justice at polls
Radley Balko,The Huffington Post (Julie quoted)
11/2/12 - President's power of pardon
Debra Saunders column, SFGate (mentions FAMM)
11/2/12 - Obama has granted clemency more rarely than any modern president
ProPublica (quotes Mary Price)
10/25/12 - Increase options for sentencing relief
Huffington Post op-ed by Julie Stewart
10/24/12 - How mandatory minimums forced me to send more than 1,000 nonviolent drug offenders to federal prison
Op-ed by U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett in The Nation
10/14/12 - Brad Pitt & 'The House I Live In" director Eugene Jarecki dissect America's failed War on Drugs
Huffington Post (FAMM president Julie Stewart is in the film)
10/12/12 - Boston girds for prisoners freed in drug scandal
The Boston Globe (mentions FAMM)
10/11/12 - ACLU calls on state to dismiss cases tainted by drug lab scandal
The Boston Herald (mentions FAMM)
10/6/12 - North Palm Beach man's case highlights discrepancies with minimum mandatory sentences for drug trafficking offenses
The Palm Beach Post (quotes Greg Newburn)
9/24/12 - 'The House I Live In' - the most important drug war film you'll ever see
Forbes.com
9/24/12 - Mary Price for Huffington Post: The Sentencing of Sholom Rubashkin
Huffington Post
9/23/12 - Guilty pleas in federal cases soar as bargains trump trial
Wall Street Journal
9/19/12 - Drug lab scandal highlights ongoing flaws in sentencing laws
Boston Globe letter to the editor by Barb Dougan, FAMM Mass. project director
8/16/12 - Julie Stewart on The John Stossel Show: Justice for All?
Fox Business News (also interviews FAMM member Peter Ninemire)
8/14/12 - Can we be tough on crime without being tough on taxpayers?
The Crime Report, Viewpoint by Julie Stewart
8/9/12 - Between the lines: Sacrifice bunt?
The Valley Advocate (Northampton, Mass.) Quotes Barb Dougan
8/6/12 - How a single Oxycontin pill nearly ruined one man's life
Reason.com (quotes Greg Newburn)
8/5/12 - Too Many Prisoners
Editorial, The New York Times
8/2/12 - Gov. Patrick signs sentencing reform bill
The Metrowest Daily News (mentions Barbara Dougan)
8/2/12 - Deval Patrick signs repeat offender bill in private State House ceremony
The Boston Globe (mentions Barbara Dougan)
7/25/12 - America never met a law it didn't like
John Stossel on Fox News
7/24/12 - Barone: Conservatives backtrack on long prison sentences
Michael Barone, The Examiner
7/18/12 - Obama Administration wants review of prisoner's commutation request
Pro Publica/The Washington Post (quotes Julie Stewart)
7/10/12 - Is the federal pardon process racially biased? It's time to get answers
The Crime Report op-ed by Julie Stewart, FAMM president
7/9/12 - Double crime undone
Ocala.com editorial about Ronald Thompson
7/6/12 - Lead letter: Veteran has paid his debt to society
The Florida Times-Union letter to the editor by Greg Newburn
6/29/12 - Cost of elderly prisoners: Double crime undone
The Ledger (Florida, about Ronald Thompson)
6/28/12 - Justice should apply to all, not just juveniles
Huffington Post commentary by Julie Stewart, FAMM president
6/27/12 - Man who got 20 years for shooting at ground gets a new trial
Gainesville Sun (quotes Greg Newburn)
6/27/12 - Academics urge probe of pardon attorney's office
Main Justice (quotes Julie Stewart)
6/26/12 - Clay County 65-year-old sentenced in '10-20-Life' case gets new trial
Florida Times-Union (quotes Greg Newburn)
6/23/12 - Should Ronald Thompson be serving 20 years for firing a gun to protect an elderly neighbor?
Flagler Live (Florida, quotes Greg Newburn)
6/23/12 - 'Worse ... case ...ever' draws 20-year sentence, outrage
St. Augustine Record (quotes Greg Newburn)
6/20/12 - Clay County 65-year-old gets 20 years in 10-20-Life Controversy
Florida Times-Union (story on Ronald Thompson)
6/18/12 - Families Against Mandatory Minimums - One Man's Story
Big Voices Media (interviews Greg Newburn and Ronald Thompson's sister Virginia)
6/17/12 - Editorial: A double crime
The Gainesville Sun (mentions Ronald Thompson)
6/17/12 - Florida's penchant for knee-jerk legislation hurts in the long run
Tampa Bay Times (quotes FAMM's Greg Newburn)
6/14/12 - Due to mandatory minimum, Keystone veteran gets a sentence that a judge calls 'a crime'
The Gainesville Sun (quotes FAMM's Greg Newburn)
6/11/12 - Disabled veteran's case calls into question Florida mandatory minimum sentencing laws
Independent Voter News
6/8/12 - Florida gun law gives disabled vet the "TSA Treatment"
Huffington Post commentary by Julie Stewart
6/6/12 - Editorial: Harsh sentences don't fit the crime
New York Times editorial, published in the Tampa Bay Times
5/31/12 - Fixing the 'facade of concern'
Huffington Post commentary by FAMM's Molly M. Gill
5/30/12 - Obama's new Clarence Aaron burden
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry blog
5/30/12 - U.S. Senate passes synthetic drug ban, without mandatory minimums
DRCnet
5/29/12 - Melissa Harris-Perry on Clarence Aaron
From MSNBC via The Root, with guest Sam Morison, former attorney at the U.S. Office of the Pardon Attorney
5/28/12 - A tough judge pleads for the power to sentence fairly
The New York Times
5/27/12 - Obama must reform presidential pardons
San Francisco Chronicle column by Debra J. Saunders
5/27/12 - To free up prisons, repeal mandatory drug sentences
Boston Globe letter to the editor by FAMM's Barbara J. Dougan
5/26/12 - The high cost of mandatory mininum sentences
Sentinel and Enterprise (Leominster, Mass.) op-ed by FAMM's Barbara J. Dougan
5/25/12 - Cleaning house at OPA: A Congressional investigation is needed
The Hill op-ed by Julie Stewart and former Maryland governor Robert Ehrlich.
5/25/12 - Clarence Aaron and the broken clemency system
The Root
5/24/12 - Lawmakers want probe of Justice Department's clemency reviews
Congressional Quarterly
5/24/12 - Mobile mother fights for mercy for son serving life prison sentence
Mobile Press-Register (quotes FAMM's Molly Gill)
5/24/12 - Congress should probe the U.S. pardon office
Washington Post letter to the editor by Julie Stewart, FAMM president
5/24/12 - Let's end the 'death rattle' rule
The Crime Report commentary by Julie Stewart
5/23/12 - Conyers writes about Obama about Clarence Aaron
The Melissa Harris-Perry Show
5/23/12 - Congressional leader calls for investigation of the pardon office
Propublica
5/22/12 - Legal reform group calls for Senate investigation of OPA
Main Justice (mentions FAMM)
5/22/12 - Why is Clarence Aaron still in prison?
DRCNET (Quotes FAMM's Mary Price and Julie Stewart)
5/20/12 - Woman gets 20 years for firing a warning shot
Associated Press (quotes FAMM Florida project director Greg Newburn)
5/18/12 - Denying clemency for draconian sentencing based on bad information
Justia.com op-ed by John Dean, White House counsel from 1970-1973.
5/16/12 - Dafna Linzer discusses why Clarence Aaron can't get his sentence commuted
ProPublica
5/16/12 - Report: Pardons lawyer concealed key information in recommending denial of Mobile man's clemency
Mobile Press -Register
5/15/12 - Mothers and mandatory minimums
Huffington Post commentary by Julie Stewart, president of FAMM
5/15/12 - Obama should pardon Clarence Aaron
San Francisco Chronicle, Debra Saunders
5/14/12 - Mandatory minimums in VAWA reauthorization are counterproductive
Roll Call guest commentary by Elizabeth L. Grayer, president of Legal Momentum, a rights organization
5/14/12 - How a poster boy for commutation falls through the crack
Reason.com
5/14/12 - The pardon attorney who just says no
Debra Saunders column in the San Francisco Chronicle
5/14/12 - Analyzing the Marissa Alexander case
TheRoot.com (quotes Greg Newburn)
5/14/12 - Stand your ground defense fails in Florida shooting case
Reuters (interviews Greg Newburn)
5/13/12 - Pardon attorney torpedoes plea for presidential mercy
ProPublica and The Washington Post (interviews Mary Price)
5/12/12 - New controversy over 'stand your ground' case in Jacksonville
Orlando Sentinel (interviews Greg Newburn)
5/12/12 - Shame of mandatory minimums shows in Marissa Alexander case
CNN opinion by Roland Martin
5/11/12 - Stand your ground Florida: New controversy over case in Jacksonville
Chicago Tribune (interviews Greg Newburn)
5/11/12 - Marissa Alexander sentenced: Florida mom who shot at abusive husband gets 20 years in prison
Huffington Post (interviews Greg Newburn)
5/11/12 - Mandatory minimum drug sentences controversial in US
Voice of America (interviews Julie Stewart, Lawrence and Lamont Garrison)
5/11/12 - New controversy over 'Stand Your Ground' case in Jacksonville
Orlando Sentinel (quotes Greg Newburn)
5/8/12 - President Obama 'stingy' on pardons, says clemency expert
MSNBC.com (quotes Julie Stewart)
5/7/12 - Mandatory minimums for kingpins only
National Law Journal commentary by Jim Walden, a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, is a former federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.
5/2/12 - Marissa Alexander, Florida mom, faces mandatory 20 years in prison after failed Stand-Your-Ground Defense (Update)
Huffington Post
5/1/12 - Self Defense Might Be Illegal in Florida
Commentary by Julie Stewart in the Washington Times
5/1/12 - Mother stood ground, faces 20 years
Point of View by Greg Newburn in the Florida Times-Union
4/26/12 - Victim of An Unjust Law
Commentary by Julie Stewart on Huffington Post
4/25/12 - 20 Years for Standing Her Ground Against a Violent Husband
Reason Online
4/19/12 - Mandatory Minimum Gun Laws Ensure Nothing But Disparity
Commentary by Julie Stewart on Huffington Post
4/16/12 - Smart Strategies for Users of Hard Drugs
Letter to the editor by Julie Stewart in the Washington Post
4/12/12 - 13 Signs That America's Prison System is Out of Control
Business Insider
4/12/12 - Saying No to Feel-Good Crime Laws Requires Courage
Commentary by Julie Stewart on The Crime Report
4/12/12 - Trusting Judges - and Questioning Life
Commentary by Kate Taylor on SentenceSpeak
4/9/12 - A Way Forward on Marijuana
Commentary by Julie Stewart on Huffington Post
3/26/12 - How Would Jesus Punish Drug Use?
Commentary by Molly M. Gill on the Huffington Post
3/22/12 - Stewart: Mandatory minimums distort justice system
Op-ed by Julie Stewart in Roll Call
3/21/12 - Draconian law harms, doesn't help
Op-ed by Andrea Strong in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Enquirer
3/19/12 - Injustice in a sentencing law
Editorial, The New York Times
3/16/12 - Add a sentencing safety valve to bill
Op-ed by Bob Barr, former U.S. congressman, in the AJC
3/12/12 - FAMM on Jane Velez Mitchell!
Julie Stewart, Karen Garrison, Lawrence Garrison and Natasha Darrington were guest on CNN's Jane Velez Mitchell show.
2/22/12 - 3 Strikes special issue
Blackstonian (Barb Dougan is quoted)
2/12/12 - US judges balk at child porn sentences
The Boston Globe
2/9/12 - Don't blame judges for racial disparity
Huffington Post commentary by Julie Stewart
2/7/12 - "Mandatory minimum" laws can mean grossly disparate sentences for gun crimes
The Philadelphia Inquirer
1/27/12 - Close prisons, save money
Orlando Sentinel op-edby Greg Newburn
1/27/12 - Haley Barbour did the right thing
Washington Post letter to the editor by Julie Stewart
1/26/12 - NJ Gov. Christie's fresh approach to drug offenders
Commentary by Julie Stewart in the Huffington Post
1/19/12 - Why did Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons cause such a backlash?
Huffington Post commentary by Molly M. Gill
1/14/12 - Mandatory minimums ensnare law-abiding Marine
Washington Timescommentary by Julie Stewart
2011
12/21/11 - Woman whose sentence Obama commuted returns home
The Telegraph (Alton, Illinois) about FAMM member Eugenia Jennings
12/14/11 - Criminal justice reform is on the docket in Florida
Reason.com (quotes Greg Newburn)
12/8/11 - Mandatory minimum sentences impede justice
Baltimore Sun op-ed by Judge Andre M. Davis
12/11 - Highlights and lowlights from the new report on mandatory minimums from the U.S. Sentencing Commission
The Criminal Law Reporter, Mary Price and Jim Felman
11/30/11 - Broader DOJ authority to prosecute public officials is wrong priority
Roll Call op-ed by FAMM's Julie Stewart and Lisa Wayne, president of the National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
11/28/11 - In Md., revised crack law sets some convicts free
Baltimore Sun
11/22/11 - It's not the judges
Main Justice, op-ed by Mary Price
11/22/11 - Mercy for people, not just turkeys
Huffington Post op-ed by Julie Stewart
11/22/11 - Obama commutes sentence of Alton woman in cocaine case
Stltoday.com (St. Louis, Missouri.) Quotes Molly Gill
11/21/11 - Obama issues his first commutation to federal prisoner
Politico (quotes Julie Stewart)
11/22/11 - The tragic story of Eugenia Jennings (sentence commuted by Obama)
TalkLeft (mentions FAMM)
11/21/11 - Pardons: a power to be taken seriously
Baltimore Sun op-ed by Robert Erhlich, Jr.
11/18/11 - 20 years later, mandatory minimum sentences are still mindlessly draconian
Reason
11/18/11 - The lobbyist and the crack dealer
The Daily Caller
11/13/11 - New crack law could mean freedom for Mobile woman, thousands of long-serving inmates
The Mobile Press-Register
11/13/11 - A blue-ribbon indictment
Editorial, The New York Times
11/2/11 - New government report criticizes mandatory minimums
Huffington Post commentaryby Julie Stewart
11/2/11 - New rules slashing crack cocaine sentences go into effect
CNN, quotes Julie Stewart
11/1/11 - Crack offenders get new look for lengthy sentences
Reuters, quotes Mary Price.
9/25/11 - Tough sentences help prosecutors push for plea bargains
New York Times, mentions FAMM member Orville Lee Wollard
7/28/11 - Crack cocaine: One woman's tale
Op-ed in The Chicago Tribune by FAMM member Stephanie Nodd
7/25/11 - Out-of-control fraud guidelines
Op-ed in The National Law Journal by James Felman and FAMM's Mary Price.
6/16/11 - Less time, less crime
Essay by Julie Stewart in the July issue of Reason magazine
6/16/11 - Holder tacks left at DOJ
Politico (quotes Jennifer Seltzer Stitt)
6/10/11 - A step backward in cocaine sentencing
Washington Post editorial
6/10/11 - Second Amendment Justice
Washington Times op-ed by Julie Stewart
6/10/11 - Rockin' at FAMM
FAMM ealert
6/10/11 - The smart way to cut costs
Op-ed by Ron Fraser (mentions FAMM)
6/3/11 - US attempts to correct drug sentencing disparity
Irish Times (quotes Julie Stewart)
6/2/11 - Thousands of prisoners may be eligible for early release
NPR, Tell Me More (interviews with Natasha Darrington)
6/2/11 - DOJ advocates change for crack-cocaine offenses
NPR Morning Edition (interviews Julie Stewart and Natasha Darrington)
6/1/11 - Crack cocaine 'Fair Sentencing Act' should be retroactive, Holder says
NPR, The Two-Way (mentions FAMM)
6/1/11 - White House backs retroactive reductions in crack sentences
New York Times (quotes Julie Stewart)
6/2011 - Mandatory Mayhem
World Magazine, Today's News, Christian Views (mentions several FAMM members and quotes Julie Stewart)
5/31/11 - New law on crack cocaine could apply to old cases
Associated Press (mentions FAMM)
5/30/11 - Unfair Sentences
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, letter to the editor by Julie Stewart
5/28/11 - Prison reform is needed
Editorial, Metrowest Daily News
5/27/11 - Mandatory minimum law led to surge in federal inmates, spending
The Philadelphia Daily News (quotes Julie Stewart)
5/26/11 - 'Lock 'em up' not always the best solution
CNN commentary by Bill Bennett
4/10/11 - Crack chipped away at Hub
The Boston Herald (quotes Barb Dougan)
4/10/11 - Community recalls devastation of crack
The Boston Globe (quotes Barb Dougan)
3/31/11 - Tallahassee reconsiders mandatory minimums
Orlando Weekly (quotes Greg Newburn and Julie Stewart)
3/24/11 - FAMM on Issues with Jane Velez Mitchell
Watch clip of FAMM's Julie Stewart, Karen Garrison and Lawrence Garrison discussing the many injustices of mandatory sentencing laws with Jane Velez Mitchell.
3/23/11 - Futile as fought
The Boston Herald, letter to the editor by Barb Dougan
3/22/11 - Legislation to restore fairness to sentencing laws admirable
The Sun-Sentinel, Florida, letter to the editor by Greg Newburn
3/18/11 - Don't make a federal case out of it
Washington Times Op-ed by Pat Nolan, Justice Fellowship and Julie Stewart, FAMM
3/17/11 - Toughen parole system, say victims' family members
The Lowell Sun, quotes Barb Dougan
3/17/11 - Emotions rise over sentencing bill
Sentinel and Enterprise (Lowell, Mass.) Quote Barb Dougan
3/16/11 - Mass. lawmakers hear testimony on parole changes
Boston.com (quotes Barbara Dougan)
3/13/11 - Kudos for sense on mandatory minimums
Palm Beach Post, letter to the editor by Greg Newburn
3/11/11 - Legislators team up to take on fixed sentences for drug traffickers
The Sun-Sentinel (Florida)
3/11/11 - Bipartisan bills filed to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences
The Sunshine News (Florida)
3/10/11 - Florida prepares to tamp down on drug offender sentences
Florida Public Broadcasting
3/10/11 - Bipartisan bill filed in Florida Legislature to end mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders
Florida Courier (Florida)
3/1/11 - You can have sex with them, just don't photograph them
Reason Online by Radley Balko (quotes Mary Price)
2/27/11 - Bipartisan plan would reform Ohio's criminal justice system
Op-ed by FAMM's Julie Stewart in the Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio)
2/25/11 - Governor's actions on pill mills run counter to Bondi's
Gainesville Sun (quotes Greg Newburn)
2/25/11 - Mandatory minimums focus of new bill
Ocala.com (quotes Greg Newburn)
2/25/11 - Confronting a prison industrial crisis
Forbes.com (mentions FAMM)
2/18/11 - New law on crack cocaine should be made retroactive
Editorial, The Washington Post
2/16/11 - Prison reductions: Act wisely on crime
Editorial, The Ledger (quotes Greg Newburn)
2/15/11 - Budget crunch forces a new approach to prisons
NPR
2/11/11 - How to fix the criminal justice system? Bipartisan group points the way
WSJ Blog
2/10/11 - Conservative principles and prison
Commentary in the National Review by Grover Norquist
2/10/11 - Reforming the criminal justice system
BLT Blog
2/10/11 - Smart on crime
Editorial, The Gainesville Sun (quotes Greg Newburn)
2/10/11 - Rethinking drug-free school zones
The Valley Advocate (quotes Barb Dougan)
2/8/11 - Strange bedfellows: Sentencing reform group applauds Scott's cuts to prison system
Jacksonville Times Union, The Gavel blog (mentions FAMM)
2/8/11 - States seek prison breaks
Wall Street Journal
2/8/11 - Families Against Mandatory Minimums hopes to change sentencing laws in Florida
Broward Palm Beach New Times, Law and Order Blog (quotes Greg Newburn)
2/8/11 - Smarter Justice: Lawmakers tackle reform of Ohio's criminal justice system
Columbus Dispatch editorial
1/28/11 - Conservatives latch onto prison reform
The Los Angeles Times (quotes Julie)
1/28/11 - Strike balance between public safety, spending
Op-ed by Julie Stewart in the Indianapolis Star
1/28/11 - Gov. Deval Patrick's proposal to shrink drug-free school zone draws ire
Associated Press (quotes Barb Dougan)
1/28/11 - Gov. Deval Patrick's plan to reduce sentences draws concern
The Boston Herald (quotes Barb Dougan)
1/28/11 - A clash over drug curbs at schools; Patrick would reduce zones of protection
The Boston Globe (quotes Barb Dougan)
1/27/11 - Strange bedfellows: The right and left team up on criminal justice reform
The Boston Phoenix (quotes Julie Stewart)
1/26/11 - Gov. Patrick proposes sentencing, parole changes for drug offenders
Statehouse News Service (quotes Barb Dougan)
1/17/11 - The moral urgency of crack retroactivity
Huffington Post commentary by Julie Stewart
1/17/11 - Curb the prison boom
Commentary by Neal Peirce
1/7/11 - Prison reform: A smart way for states to save money and lives
Op-ed by Newt Gingrich and Pat Nolan in the Washington Post
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