Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/watch-ag-eric-holder-announce-new-34-smart-34-plan-on-crime Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Justice Department’s plan to no longer pursue mandatory minimum prison sentences for non-violent drug offenders. Holder said that certain "drug offenders who have no ties to large-scale organizations, gangs, or cartels will no longer be charged with offenses that impose draconian mandatory minimum sentences."