12/11/07
Panels weighs easing old crack sentences
Associated Press

12/11/07
Panel allows easing of crack sentences
Associated Press

12/11/07
Panel may ease crack cocaine sentences
Associated Press

12/11/07
Cocaine sentencing legislation gets new hope from justices, commission
Congressional Quarterly Today

12/11/07
Panel votes to reduce crack sentences
ABC News (online)

12/11/07
Federal commission lets inmates seek shorter sentences for crack cocaine convictions
Kansas City Star (Associated Press)

12/11/07
U.S. panel cuts jail time for crimes tied to crack cocaine
New York Times

12/10/07
Supreme Court rules
Washington Post, Online Live Chat

11/26/07
Penalties for crack
Washington Post

11/25/07
Same drug, different form, higher mandatory minimum
Times-Tribune (Scranton, Penn.) and Citizen Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Penn.)

11/22/07
Clemency bids backing up for Bush, More than 3,000 petitions by federal inmates are pending
Los Angeles Times

11/20/07
Minimum sentences for crack on decline
The Hilltop (Howard University, DC)

11/20/07
Richard Paey speaks
Reason (online)

11/20/07
Brother's drug sentence ignited woman's crusade
D.C. group helps win relaxed penalties
Washington Post

11/13/07
Panel may cut sentences for crack
Thousands could be released early
By Darryl Fears, Washington Post staff writer

11/12/07
Panel may cut thousands of prison terms
By Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times staff writer

11/2/07
More equity in cocaine sentencing
By Alexandra Marks, staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

10/22/07
Do away with faulty statute
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
By Robert Batey

10/19/07
End cocaine disparities
Detroit Free Press editorial

10/17/07
Crack users do more time than people convicted of manslaughter
Jessica Pupovac, AlterNet

10/16/07
Drug-free zones are expanded
Appeals court refines definition of 'public'
By Kate Coscarelli, New Jersey Star-Ledger

10/15/07
Dying inmates may be given leniency
New guidelines, which may be effective Nov. 1, would give judges greater power over early releases.
By Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times

10/9/07
Court: Can Congress compel tough drug sentences? (Mary Price quoted)
CNSNews.com

10/2/07
CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
Watch segment on crack sentencing laws featuring DeJarion Echols and his family.

10/3/07
The crack gap
Washington Post editorial

10/3/07
R.I.: Case before high court mirrors issues heard in R.I.
Providence Journal (Rhode Island)

10/3/07
Court ponders sentencing rules, weighs disparity in crack, powder cocaine cases
New York Times

10/3/07
Crack sentence gets high court review
Associated Press

10/3/07
Crack sentencing: From 'what he said' to 'what we did'
The Huffington Post (Mary Price interviewed)

10/2/07
CBS and CNN feature FAMM members

9/29/07
Revisiting the case of a sentencing double standard
U.S. News and World Report

9/29/07
Judges seek leeway in prison sentences
Los Angeles Times

9/28/07
Crack sentencing is wack, but a solution may finally be on the way
Slate.com

8/26/07
Rhode Island lawyer's work to lead sentencing reform push
Providence Journal, Rhode Island (FAMM mentioned)

7/13/07
Pardon whom?
The Nation by Katha Pollitt

7/11/07
Reform drug laws
Letter to the Editor by Joseph Greer
New Jersey Star Ledger

7/11/07
The President's strained mercy
Reason Magazine, by Jacob Sullum (column was distributed by Creator's Syndicate, reaching 100 daily newspapers and internet news sites across the country).

7/09/07
A Crack in the System
The American Prospect (web only)

7/6/07
ABC News segment on Libby commutation featuring FAMM member Barbara Scrivner.

7/3/07
Scooter Libby's Independence Day
San Francisco Chronicle by Debra Saunders (Julie Stewart quoted)

Web profile on Lamont and Lawrence Garrison
Channel 9 News, Bruce Johnson, reporter (Karen Garrison featured)

6/29/07
Washington Wire (Julie Stewart quoted)
Wall Street Journal

6/26/07
Judge speaks out against mandatory minimums
Legal Times blog

6/26/07
R.I.: Rhode Island does away with mandatory minimum drug sentencing rules
Associated Press (Laura Sager quoted)

6/26/07
Massachusetts considers changes to mandatory sentencing laws
WBUR (NPR) Massachusetts (Laura Sager interviewed)

6/20/07
America's addiction to prison should be the focus in Paris Hilton's case (mentions FAMM, Lawrence and Lamont Garrison)
By Edrea Davis (Syndicated column)

6/15/07
Reefer Madness: Closing the cocaine gap (Mary Price quoted)
Austin Chronicle

6/11/07
Supreme Court puts sentencing In California on shaky ground (Mary Price interviewed)
Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal

5/25/07
West Virginia Statewide Radio Network (Julie Stewart interviewed)
Charleston, West Virginia

5/28/07
Treatment, not prison for drug offenders
America Magazine, by Peter Ninemire

5/18/07
Momentum builds for narrowing powder, crack cocaine sentencing gap (Mary Price quoted)
Congressional Quarterly

5/11/07
N.J. Commission calls for more treatment, drug courts (Joseph Greer quoted)
Join Together Online

5/08/07
New Jersey Issues and Ideas (Joseph Greer interviewed)
WNNJ-FM/AM, WSUS-FM, WHCY-FM
Hosted by Chris DeBello

5/5/07
N.J. panel backs new program for drug treatment offenders with two or more convictions would be eligible for drug court and avoid going to jail.
Associated Press (Joseph Greer quoted)

5/4/07

Kansas seeks to decrease high cost of inmate calls
Topeka Capital Journal (Peter Ninemire quoted)

5/4/07
Bill could shorten some drug dealers' prison time
Washington Post (Julie Stewart quoted)

5/1/07
Return of sentencing power to federal judges a boost
Final Call (Angelyn Frazer quoted)

4/29/07
US Sentencing Commission votes for changes to crack cocaine guidelines
Kansas City infoZine (Julie Stewart quoted )
Kansas City, MO

4/27/07
Group against mandatory minimums gains minor victory
Cleveland Leader (Julie Stewart quoted)

4/09/07
KS: Meth registry is wrong
Wichita Eagle, reader's forum (Letter to the editor by Peter Ninemire)

4/1/07
KMOX's radio program, Justice for All, hosted by Emmett McAuliffe
St. Louis, Missouri (Peter Ninemire interviewed)

3/25/07
KS: Few funds for parolee drug abuse treatment (Peter Ninemire interviewed)
Wichita Eagle

3/23/07
Canadian Broadcasting piece on mandatory sentences
Lucy van Oldenbarneveld, CBC News at Six (Monica Raffanel interviewed)

3/14/07
NJ: Expand drug courts
New Jersey Star Herald, reader's forum (Letter to the editor by Joseph Greer)

3/05/07
DE: Mandatory drug sentence debate renews (Laura Sager quoted)
News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware

2/21/07
When justice doesn't add up (FAMM board member Eric Sterling quoted)
Derrick Z. Jackson, Boston Globe columnist

2/12/2007
Irrational sentencing, top to bottom
National Journal
By Stuart Taylor Jr.
(Note: This column features profiles of people serving mandatory sentences written by FAMM)

1/11/07
Mandatory prison terms do more harm than good
Herald Dispatch, Huntington, West Virginia

1/09/07
Congress is expected to revisit sentencing laws (Julie Stewart quoted)
New York Times

1/03/07
NC: Never enough prisons
Fitzsimon File