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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is signaling that the Trump administration plans to make changes to policies the Obama administration implemented to seek less serious charges in some drug cases.

In a memo sent to federal prosecutors nationwide Wednesday, Sessions called on them to crack down on violent crime. Most surely already view that as a core part of their duties.

However, another passage in the directive says changes in Justice Department charging policies are in the offing.

Legal experts said the language indicates that Sessions is planning to make significant revisions to policies Attorney General Eric Holder issued in 2010 backing away from prior directions that prosecutors seek the most serious viable charges in every case and in 2013 calling for prosecutors to avoid seeking mandatory minimum sentences in some cases by leaving the quantity of drugs seized out of charging documents.

"My take is the Holder memo is toast," said Ohio State University law professor Doug Berman. "Holder said you don't have to charge mandatory minimums and it looks like they're going to say, 'Oh, yes, you do have to.'"

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/03/sessions-drug-charges-235853

 

[Vermillion]

Oh dear.

 

[Sulik2]

Sessions about to fulfill his life long dream of being able to put even more black men into prison.

 

[Plinko]

I'll bet this has absolutely nothing to do with those private prison deals.

Nothing at all, am I right?

 

[Darryl M R]

Let's lock up all of those opioid abusers

 

[Mutanthands]

Gotta feed the prison system, and disenfranchise as many brown people as possible. It's exactly what we knew he'd do.

What a fucking nightmare.

 

[Frozenprince]

And gee whiz I wonder what racial group this will disproportionately impact. Hmmmm.

 

[Dude Abides]

But Hillary supported a 90s crime bill so really the parties are the same.

 

[theWB27]

This is why resignation was more important than recusal.

Fuck this piece of shit.

 

[Zaph]

And gee whiz I wonder what racial group this will disproportionately impact. Hmmmm.

All those middle-class, white, prescription drug abusers, obviously.

 

[Brinbe]

Fucking nightmare.

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

Oh dear.

Yup.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Who's going to pay for the rapid expansion of federal prison populations this is about to fuel?

 

[Saganator]

Trump and company gotta help out their private prison bros

 

[TAJ]

Let's lock up all of those opioid abusers

I'd pay to see throngs of white senior citizens without records get thrown into general population.

 

[Surface of Me]

4 years cant go by fast enough.

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

The chemists making pain killers, etc. will receive no punishment am I right?

Drugs made chemically in a lab. Real smart.

Nothing at all, am I right?

 

[KernelPanic]

 

[Takamura-San]

Where are all these newfound prisoners going to go....?

🤔🤔🤔

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

Let's lock up all of those opioid abusers

Abusers? Let's go to the source.

 

[theignoramus]

Sessions about to fulfill his life long dream of being able to put even more black men into prison.

Theoretically, reinforcing mandatory minimums should result in more White drug users getting locked up, since thats where the main drug epidemic is right now.

 

[jay]

I'll bet this has absolutely nothing to do with those private prison deals.

Nothing at all, am I right?

If it makes you feel better, they would want to imprison poor and colored people even if it didn't directly make them money.

But Hillary supported a 90s crime bill so really the parties are the same.

You tell that tiny minority who is too far left to vote for a corporatist moderate. They certainly swayed the election.

 

[Angelus Errare]

The war on black people rages on, Sessions the man deemed too racist by racist white folks to be judge is now the AG and can finally put us uppity negroes in our place. Let's not even act like drug addicted white folks gonna be affected by this.

 

[Premium Quality]

I can see this firing back at them when they realize this will affect more white heroin users.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Meanwhile the DEA
teamed up with the CCA
They tryna lock niggas up
They tryna make new slaves
See that's that privately owned prison
Get your piece today!

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

Go after Doctors with their MD/PhD degrees prescribing pills?

 

[Swass]

Anyone who gets arrested should just use the Sessions "persona" defense that he used. "That wasn't average day me officer, that was my weekend party self."

 

[Rival]

Yeah let's reignite that successful war on drugs.

 

[smurfx]

Trump and company gotta help out their private prison bros

totally forgot about private prisons. they are gonna get rich thanks to trump. gonna by mighty hard to get rid of them once they open up and take on long term contracts.

 

[Kephar]

Sessions about to fulfill his life long dream of being able to put even more black men into prison.

Felony disenfranchisement is a nice little loophole white supremacists have found.

 

[BrutishMrFish]

I can see this firing back at them when they realize this will affect more white heroin users.

That assumes that they won't generally ignore white drug users. They'll probably do whatever they can to focus on black and brown people.

Anyone who gets arrested should just use the Sessions "persona" defense that he used. "That wasn't average day me officer, that was my weekend party self."

I've never heard this. What was he excusing, his use of a racial slur or something?

 

[mreddie]

Party like it's 1987!

 

[Takamura-San]

What is the mandatory minimum for perjury?

 

[Tranqueris]

I love that he thinks that he's gonna be around long enough to be able to get anything done.

Spoiler

Come on IC, put more incriminating info out there. Hurry.

 

[Swass]

Trump and company gotta help out their private prison bros

"but her emails"

One of the sad realities of Clinton not getting elected since one of her campaign promises was to eliminate private prisons.. ugh it depresses me to think about how much better that timeline would be.

 

[Shake Appeal]

Weird, I was just reading one of those dumb thinkpieces interviewing Trump supporters, and one of them said that if the Trump admin restarted the war on drugs or attacked LGBT rights, he could be convinced they were bad ... but he couldn't see it happening!

 

[Host Samurai]

Why are we letting this clown get away with perjury?

 

[Swass]

I've never heard this. What was he excusing, his use of a racial slur or something?

He claimed he didn't lie under oath because he thought the question pertained to him as campaign surrogate Sessions and not state attorney Sessions.

 

[Whompa02]

Great...Excited to see how much more money it will cost to chase down, "bad dudes"

"B-but Obama put us in trillions in debt"

These idiots have no idea what they're doing.

 

[radios shipping overview]

But superpredators?

 

[Swass]

These idiots have no idea what they're doing.

They know exactly what they are doing.. lining their rich buddies pockets at the cost of any morale.. it's the republican way and always has been.

 

[formasymphonic]

This + the private prisons deal + the increase in immigration crackdowns are what the 13th documentary tell the story of. So sad it didn't win the oscar and get more attention.

For those who have not seen 13th yet, you owe it to yourself to fire up Netflix one night and see what it has to say. Meanwhile, for those who have seen it, you owe it to those you know to share if they haven't.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

The war on black people rages on, Sessions the man deemed too racist by racist white folks to be judge is now the AG and can finally put us uppity negroes in our place. Let's not even act like drug addicted white folks gonna be affected by this.

no no no see they need help with their addictions they are just honest people who fell into hard times.

Spoiler

ugh that was hard to type

 

[rjinaz]

Surely there will be an opioid exempt clause.

 

[kswiston]

This + the private prisons deal + the increase in immigration crackdowns are 13th documentary tell the story of. So sad it didn't win the oscar and get more attention.

For those who have not seen 13th yet, you ow it to yourself to fire up Netflix one night and see what it has to say. Meanwhile, for those who have seen it, you owe it to those you know to share if they haven't.

Watching now

 

[commedieu]

Surely there will be an opioid exempt clause.

That's already been rolled out.

They're called police.

 

[OG Shaka Zulu]

I'm curious to see how they're going to wiggle their way out of going HAM on opioid addicts.

 

[kswiston]

I'm curious to see how they're going to wiggle their way out of going HAM on opioid addicts.

They still have the option of unequal enforcement, same as with marijuana or anything else.

 

[sangreal]

I'm curious to see how they're going to wiggle their way out of going HAM on opioid addicts.

they just won't. you see, that's an epidemic not a war

 

[Slayven]

I'm curious to see how they're going to wiggle their way out of going HAM on opioid addicts.

By just letting them die