Drug War Chronicle, Issue #551 -- 9/12/08
Phillip S. Smith, Editor, http://stopthedrugwar.org/user/psmith
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/551

A Publication of StoptheDrugWar.org
David Borden, Executive Director,
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"News and Activism Supporting Sensible Reform"

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Table of Contents:

1. FEATURE: US SENTENCING COMMISSION TO EXAMINE ALTERNATIVES TO
INCARCERATION
Coming off a summer symposium that brought together experts in
criminal justice and sentencing issues, the US Sentencing
Commission has announced that it is making alternatives to
incarceration one of its priorities for the coming year. With a
record 200,000-plus people in federal prison -- more than half
of them drug offenders -- that is a good thing.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/551/us_sentencing_commission_to_examine_alte...