Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. voiced his strong support today for a proposed change to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to reduce prison sentences for less serious drug trafficking crimes—and has instructed prosecutors not to object if defendants want those new rules applied to them now.
Testifying at a U.S. Sentencing Commission hearing in Washington, Holder endorsed the proposed change in guideline §2D1.1. The change would affect nearly 70 percent of all drug trafficking offenders and reduce the average sentence by 11 months, the commission said.
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