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Jim Sensenbrenner

Oregon drug court (co.washington.oregon.us)
Oregon drug court (co.washington.oregon.us)

Chronicle AM -- August 4, 2014

Sentencing reform bills look to be picking up steam in Congress, Massachusetts is expanding drug courts, Tennessee's welfare drug test law generates unimpressive results, drug reform conferences are coming in Latin America, and more.
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) is one of 10 task force members.
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) is one of 10 task force members.

Congress Forms "Over-Criminalization" Task Force

Remember when we used to say "You don't have to make a federal case out of it?" Well, we did. Now, we have more than 4,500 federal criminal laws, and some members of Congress are ready to do something about it.