“I’m more confident than [Feinstein] is that that would happen in the ordinary course and something would be developed under the U.S. attorneys manual to put that into place,” Whitehouse said. He added that he would support an amendment to the bill “so long as it’s not creating unnecessary bureaucracy and delay.”
Update: An earlier version of this story said the National District Attorneys Association submitted a letter in opposition to the sentencing bill. A spokesman for the group said the association has concerns about the legislation but has not taken a public position at this time.
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