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1/24/12 - FAMM Applauds Gov. Patrick for Insistence on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Reforms

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1/19/12 - Poll Shows Floridians Favor Criminal Justice Reform

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2011

 

12.8.11 - FAMM Calls House Passage of Synthetic Drug Bill a Step in Wrong Direction

 

11.21.11 - FAMM Commends President Obama for Exercising Clemency Power

 

11.8.11 - Mass. Senate sentencing bill fails to move beyond mandatory prison sentences

 

11.1.11 - FAMM: New government report critical of mandatory sentences

 

11.1.11 - FAMM hails new beginning for thousands as retroactivity of the crack guidelines goes into effect on Nov. 1

 

9.20.11 - FAMM testifies before Mass. Judiciary Committee on need to reform harsh drug sentencing laws; releases new report, “Voices for Reform,” with essays by Delahunt, Gertner, Cabral, Ziemian and others

 

9.15.11 - Michelle Lyn Taylor Appeal Being Heard Today
Nevada Supreme Court to Weigh Mandatory Life Sentence for Lewdness

 

6.30.11 - FAMM Celebrates USSC Approval of Retroactivity
Says Congress Must Finish the Job and Reform Crack Mandatory Minimums

6.1.11 - FAMM urges the Sentencing Commission to apply lower crack guidelines retroactively

 

5.23.11 - Address mandatory minimums head-on, says FAMM

 

5.20.11 - FAMM president comments on President Obama's pardons

 

4.18.11 - FAMM hails Delaware legislature for overhauling state’s sentencing laws

 

4.14.11 - Prominent national conservatives join FAMM in exploring criminal justice cuts

 

3.24.11 - FAMM welcomes conservative allies to Florida sentencing reform fight

 

3.10.11 - FAMM: Reforming Florida's Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Laws Makes Fiscal Sense and Is Fair, Too

 

2.16.11 - FY2012 Federal Budget Includes New Prison But Also Some Relief 

 

2.10.11 - New Report Offers Blueprint to Repair America’s Broken Criminal Justice System

 

2.9.11 - FAMM: Sen. Webb’s proposed top-to-bottom review of criminal justice system is a recipe for success

 

2.8.11 - FAMM Applauds Gov. Scott for Prescribing Corrections Budget Cuts; 
Sentencing Reform is Best Medicine


1.26.11 - FAMM Applauds Gov. Patrick for Recommending Repeal of Mandatory Minimums for Drug Offenses

 

12.17.10 - FAMM Hails Introduction of Bill to Make Crack Reforms Retroactive

 

12.15.10 - FAMM welcomes conservative coalition to battle for sentencing reform

 

12.3.10 - FAMM commends President Obama for granting pardons

 

11.18.10 - FAMM welcomes Greg Newburn as Florida project director

 

10.27.10 - FAMM Urges Nevada Supreme Court to Reverse Mandatory Life Sentence for Michelle Lyn Taylor

 

8.6.10 - FAMM Hails Massachusetts Governor for Signing Sentencing Reform Law

 

8.3.10 - FAMM Lauds President Obama for Signing Bipartisan Crack Reforms

 

8.1.10 - FAMM Applauds Massachusetts Legislature for Sentencing Reforms

 

7.28.10 - House Joins Senate in Ditching Crack Disparity

 

7.27.10 - FAMM Celebrates House Passage of Criminal Justice Commission Act (CJA) bill

 

6.3.10 - FAMM Salutes South Carolina for Enacting Bold Sentencing Reform

 

6.3.10 - FAMM Comments on Michelle Taylor's Appeal of Mandatory Life Sentence

 

5.27.10 - FAMM Challenges Sentencing Commission to Continue Leadership Role in Fight Against Mandatory Minimums

 

5.24.10 - Supreme Court Rules Machine Gun 30-Mandatory Minimum Cannot Apply Without Jury Say So

 

5.5.10 - FAMM Applauds ONDCP Call for New Direction in National Drug Policy

 

4.27.10 - FAMM Commends House Leaders for Commission Bill

 

4.26.10 - FAMM Condemns Mandatory Life Sentence for Nevada Woman, Says Law Warrants Reform

 

4.21.10 - Douglas Needs Treatment, Not Long Prison Term, Says FAMM

 

4.15.10 - FAMM Tax Day 2010 Message to Fiscal Watchdogs

 

3.30.10 - FAMM Urges Supreme Court to Correct "Good Time" Calculation

 

3.11.10 - Senate Judiciary Votes to Reform Federal Crack Cocaine Sentencing Policies; Eliminates First Mandatory Minimum Since Nixon Administration

 

3.03.10 - FAMM Hails High Court Decision to Limit Reach of Mandatory Minimum

 

3.03.10 - Sentencing Project Reports a Must-Read; FAMM Calls on States, Congress to Heed New Examples of Sentencing Reform

 

1.21.10 - Senate Judiciary Passes Bill to Overhaul America's Criminal Justice System

 

1.12.10 - Gov. Corzine Signs Drug-Free School Zone Reforms

 

1.07.10 - New Jersey Rolls Back Drug-Free Zone Law

 

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