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August 9, 2013

Eric Holder: War on Drugs Has Decimated Communities of Color 
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Attorney General Eric Holder has openly criticized the U.S. drug war,
saying too many people are behind bars and it is now time for federal
sentencing reform. Holder made the comments in an interview on NPR.

Eric Holder: "I think there are too many people in jail for too long and
for not necessarily good reasons. The war on drugs is now 30, 40 years
old. There have been a lot of unintended consequences. There has been a
kind of a decimation of certain communities, in particular communities
of color."

 

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