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Sentencing
The ABA opposes the enactment of mandatory minimum sentences, supports elimination of federal sentencing disparities for drug offenses and supports expanded reliance on alternatives to incarceration. The ABA supports enactment of legislation to ameliorate the punitive effects of collateral sanctions to convictions affecting jobs, housing, voting and privacy.
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4 - ABA Testifies Against Disparities in Crack and Powder Cocaine Sentencing
Feb 12, 2008 - American Bar Association Outlines Better Approach to Reducing Prison Sentences in Special Circumstances
Mar 10, 2006 - American Bar Association Testifies that U.S. Mandatory Minimums Raise Serious Human Rights Concerns
Mar 3, 2006 - ABA Urges Congress to Reject Mandatory Minimum Sentences in House Gang Bill, Says Such Sentences “Thwart Justice”
May 11, 2005
