Debating clemency eligibility for drug offenders
Clip: 4/21/2014 | 8m 1s
What factors should be considered for clemency against drug charges?
The Justice Department announced it would expand the criteria used to decide which drug offenders are eligible for presidential clemency. Hundreds, if not thousands, could qualify for suspended sentences. Jeffrey Brown examines the new guidelines with Vanita Gupta of the American Civil Liberties Union and Bill McCollum, former attorney general of Florida.
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Debating clemency eligibility for drug offenders
Clip: 4/21/2014 | 8m 1s
The Justice Department announced it would expand the criteria used to decide which drug offenders are eligible for presidential clemency. Hundreds, if not thousands, could qualify for suspended sentences. Jeffrey Brown examines the new guidelines with Vanita Gupta of the American Civil Liberties Union and Bill McCollum, former attorney general of Florida.
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