Even Drug War Advocates Agree:

MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING IS BAD!

STEPHEN G. BREYER, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
"Mandatory sentencing laws should be abolished."
Source: United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer in a speech
at the University of Nebraska College, November 20, 1998.

BARRY R. MCCAFFREY, "DRUG CZAR"
" - mandatory sentencing ties the hands of judges too tightly and prevents
them from exercising discretion and good judgment." "By revising these
sentencing rules, our intent is to broaden support for our drug policies,
restore respect for the law and foster a more effective division of
responsibility between federal, state and local law enforcement."
Source: Prepared Remarks by Barry R. McCaffrey Director, Office of National
Drug Control Policy Before the First Annual Criminal Justice and Substance
Abuse Conference Albany, New York, June 29, 1999.

JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., PRESIDENT, CASA
"Laws that prescribe mandatory sentences for possession of small amounts of
marijuana are overkill. In general, mandatory sentences, especially those
requiring drug and alcohol abusers and addicts to serve their entire
sentence, are counterproductive. We need all the carrots and sticks we can
muster to help these individuals shake their habit. Mandatory sentences
take away any potential that an early release might hold as an incentive
for such an inmate to enter treatment. Such sentences also remove the
leverage that parole offers to get recently released inmates to continue
treatment and aftercare or face a return to prison."
Source: Statement of Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Chairman and President, The
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse At Columbia University on
release of Non-Medical Marijuana: Rite of Passage or Russian Roulette? July
1999.

LET JUDGES JUDGE.

LET'S NOT TIE THEIR HANDS.

Common Sense for Drug Policy Kevin B. Zeese, President 703-354-5694,
703-354-5695 (fax), info@csdp.org, www.csdp.org