Press Releases

8.6.10 - FAMM Hails Massachusetts Governor for Signing Sentencing Reform Law

 

8.3.10 - FAMM Lauds President Obama for Signing Bipartisan Crack Reforms

 

8.1.10 - FAMM Applauds Massachusetts Legislature for Sentencing Reforms

 

7.28.10 - House Joins Senate in Ditching Crack Disparity

 

7.27.10 - FAMM Celebrates House Passage of Criminal Justice Commission Act (CJA) bill

 

6.3.10 - FAMM Salutes South Carolina for Enacting Bold Sentencing Reform

 

6.3.10 - FAMM Comments on Michelle Taylor's Appeal of Mandatory Life Sentence

 

5.27.10 - FAMM Challenges Sentencing Commission to Continue Leadership Role in Fight Against Mandatory Minimums

 

5.24.10 - Supreme Court Rules Machine Gun 30-Mandatory Minimum Cannot Apply Without Jury Say So

 

5.5.10 - FAMM Applauds ONDCP Call for New Direction in National Drug Policy

 

4.27.10 - FAMM Commends House Leaders for Commission Bill

 

4.26.10 - FAMM Condemns Mandatory Life Sentence for Nevada Woman, Says Law Warrants Reform

 

4.21.10 - Douglas Needs Treatment, Not Long Prison Term, Says FAMM

 

4.15.10 - FAMM Tax Day 2010 Message to Fiscal Watchdogs

 

3.30.10 - FAMM Urges Supreme Court to Correct "Good Time" Calculation

 

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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