Jeff Sessions and the Conservative Nostalgia for Harsh Sentencing

A new Republican bill would slap nonviolent criminals with 15-year mandatory minimum sentences. White-collar crimes, property crimes, and drug-related offenses would all count toward being considered a “career armed criminal.”

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