Attorney General Jeff Sessions has released a memo telling Justice Department prosecutors to pursue “the most serious” charges for drug offenses. He also rescinded two Obama-era memos that encouraged prosecutors to avoid seeking inordinately harsh sentences for low-level drug offenses. Sessions has long backed lengthy prison sentences and mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes, including for marijuana use, which is now legal for either medical or recreational purposes in many states.
Sessions Tells Prosecutors to Seek Harshest Sentences for Drug Crimes
HeadlineMay 12, 2017