AG Sessions paves way for stricter sentencing in criminal cases

[truebluefan]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has a new directive for federal prosecutors across the country: charge suspects with the most serious offense you can prove.

Friday's announcement follows a line of several other significant departures from Obama-era domestic policies at the Justice Department, but this decision crystalized Sessions' position in the criminal justice realm.

"Charging and sentencing recommendations are bedrock responsibilities of any prosecutor and I trust our prosecutors in the field to make good judgment," Sessions said Friday at a news conference in Washington. "They deserve to be un-handcuffed and not micromanaged from Washington."

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[truebluefan]

IMO, no way this should happen. Peoples personal problems with drugs does not mean they should serve longer terms!

Prisons become a business and business wlll boom.

Cynical people could also say this is meant to distract from all of the turmoil and confusion between Trump and the FBI. Not my opinion, but some people will say this.