Press Releases

3.11.10 - Senate Judiciary Votes to Reform Federal Crack Cocaine Sentencing Policies; Eliminates first mandatory minimum since Nixon Administration

3.03.10 - FAMM Hails High Court Decision to Limit Reach of Mandatory Minimum

3.03.10 - Sentencing Project Reports a Must-Read; FAMM Calls on States, Congress to Heed New Examples of Sentencing Reform

1.21.10 - Senate Judiciary Passes Bill to Overhaul America's Criminal Justice System

1.12.10 - Gov. Corzine Signs Drug-Free School Zone Reforms

1.07.10 - New Jersey Rolls Back Drug-Free Zone Law

12.10.09 - FAMM Hails Historic New Jersey Vote to Roll Back Drug Zone Minimums

11.23.09 - FAMM Commends NJ Senate for Sentencing Reform Bill

11.19.09 - FAMM Praises RI Lawmakers for Mandatory Minimum Repeal

11.18.09 - FAMM Applauds Mass. Senate for Passing Sentencing Reforms

10.20.09 - FAMM Hails Massachusetts Judiciary Committee Move

10.15.09 - New Senate Bill Introduced on Crack Cocaine

7.29.09 -  FAMM Praises Vote to Restore Sentencing Fairness

7.27.09 -  FAMM, Drug Court Judge and Governor’s Public Safety Team Testify in Support of “Smart on Crime” Sentencing Reform Proposals

7.22.09 - House Subcommittee Unanimously Votes to Equalize Cocaine Punishment

7.14.09 - Unusual Allies Call on Congress to Fit the Punishment to the Crime

6.24.09 - FAMM President joins Attorney General and Supreme Court Justice
In Urging Congress to Reform Federal Sentencing Policies

5.27.09 - Barbara Bates Teams Up with FAMM to Raise Community Awareness of Unjust Sentencing Laws

5.7.09 - FAMM Commends Massachusetts Gov. Patrick for Extending Parole Eligibility

4.29.09 - FAMM Hails Historic DOJ Announcement on Crack Disparity

4.27.09 - 22 years or Less than Half: Will Congress Fix the Crack Sentencing Problem? 

4.3.09 - FAMM Cheers Passage of Rockefeller Drug Law Reform

3.27.09 -- Historic Agreement to Reform NY Rockefeller Drug Laws is Good News for New York and the Nation

3.26.09 -- FAMM Applauds Senator Jim Webb’s Bipartisan Bill to Overhaul America’s Criminal Justice System

1.19.09 -- Ramos and Compean clemencies show need to reform mandatory sentences

12.23.08 -- FAMM hails presidential commutations

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