Attorney
General Eric Holder, in a speech addressed to the National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers, stated that “Criminal
sentences must be based on the facts, the law, the actual crimes committed, the
circumstances surrounding each individual case and the defendant’s history of
criminal conduct”. “They should not be based on unchangeable factors that a
person cannot control, or on the possibility of a future crime that has not
taken place.” The New York Times
article on the speech can be read here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-attorney-general-eric-holder-urges-against-data-analysis-in-criminal-sentencing/2014/08/01/92d0f7ba-1990-11e4-85b6-c1451e622637_story.html?tid=collaborative_1.0_strip_3
Renovate Justice -- An Examination Of Our Justice System, And What Needs To Change
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