WASHINGTON ¨C President Barack Obama called on Congress to pass legislation by year¡¯s end to lower or eliminate mandatory minimum sentences.
Unduly harsh sentences and enforcement disparities undermine trust in the legal system, Obama said in a speech Tuesday at the annual convention of the NAACP in Philadelphia.
¡°Mass incarceration makes our country worse off,¡± Obama said. ¡°And we need to do something about it.¡±
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