The U.S. Senate is moving forward with a major overhaul of the federal criminal sentencing laws — potentially reducing or erasing some mandatory minimum terms — amid escalating costs of running federal prisons.
Lawmakers from both parties are rallying support for the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014, which would cut in half mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses and end mandatory minimums for drug offenders who lack criminal histories.
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