FAMM - The Issue in the News

12/4/07
Mandatory 55-year sentence 'extreme'?
The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

12/1/07
Drug laws unfair to minorities
Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, Conn.)

12/1/07
Judge asks the tough questions
Boston Globe (Mass.)

11/29/07
Free Clarence Aaron
The San Francisco Chronicle

11/28/07
The drug, not its form
Dallas News (Texas)

11/23/07

Former federal judge is striving for balance: He still questions laws as a teacher, advocate
Deseret Morning News (Utah)

11/23/07
Letters to the editor: Bush's scales of justice
Washington Times

11/21/07
Judge skips guidelines, releases man in crack case: Long prison sentence hurts blacks, she says
Boston Globe (Mass.)

11/21/07

For equal treatment under the law
Miami Herald (Fla.)

11/20/07
Reverse unfair crack sentences
The Denver Post (Ala.)

11/20/07
Crackheaded disparities
Daytona Beach News Journal (Fla.)

11/26/07

Penalties for crack

Editorial, The Washington Post

11/14/07

Retroactive cocaine sentencing debated
By Michael J. Sniffen, Associated Press

11/13/07

Crack sentencing needs another fix

Retroactively shortening sentences would make the system more equitable.
Editorial, The Los Angeles Times

11/12/07

Closing the revolving doors of the prison system in U.S.

By Sens. Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Arlen Specter, cosponsors of the Recidivism Reduction and Second Chance Act of 2007, Philadelphia Inquirer

11/7/07

A second chance for ex-offenders

Editorial, New York Times

10/23/07

Common sense on sentencing
Boston Globe editorial

10/14/07

5 Myths About That Demon Crack

By Craig Reinarman, Washington Post

10/13/07

N.J.: Crime plan is a letdown

Editorial, New Jersey Star-Ledger

10/12/07

N.J.: Governor aims to give ex-convicts new start

New Jersey Star Ledger

10/11/07
Editorial: Sentencing guidelines and drug disparities
The Republican, Boston, Massachusetts

10/11/07

N.J.: State plans program to help ex-cons with job, life skills

New Jersey Star Ledger

10/10/07

N.J.: Governor aims $48M at 'vicious' gang violence; Corzine: Effort will address police, youths, inmates

New Jersey Star Ledger

10/8/07

A crackdown gone awry

The St. Petersburg Times editorial

10/8/07

Do the crime, do how much time?

Los Angeles Times editorial

10/6/07

Out of prison and deep in debt

New York Times editorial

10/5/07

A fair crack

Houston Chronicle editorial

10/3/07

The crack gap

Washington Post editorial

10/1/07

Congress should fix sentencing fiasco
Return federal courts to original purpose

Des Moines Register

9/26/07

Sentencing disparity for crack under attack

The Houston Chronicle

9/26/07

N.J.: For Corzine, school zone reform a battlefield in drug war

Tom Moran, New Jersey Star Ledger

9/25/07

N.J. editorial: Good decision on drug court

New Jersey Star Ledger

9/23/07

Life sentence

It's a government program whose impact rivals the New Deal. It pushes whole communities out of society's mainstream. It costs tens of billions of dollars a year. Scholars are just beginning to understand how prison is reshaping the country.

Boston Globe

9/22/07

Attorney general pick may now lead fight for sentencing rules he ridiculed

Associated Press

9/21/07

N.J.: Call a cease fire in the drug war

Tom Moran, New Jersey Star Ledger

9/21/07

N.J.: A cheap tip for Corzine: Change state drug policies

Tom Moran, New Jersey Star Ledger

9/20/07

N.J.: Justices' decision opens up drug courts, judges get discretion in nonviolent crimes