Holder Seeks To Avert Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Some Low-level Drug Offenders: Report

Report: U.S. To End Mandatory Sentences For Some Drug Offenders
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a farewell ceremony in honor of outgoing Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller at the Department of Justice on August 1, 2013. Mueller is retiring from the FBI after 12-years as Director. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a farewell ceremony in honor of outgoing Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller at the Department of Justice on August 1, 2013. Mueller is retiring from the FBI after 12-years as Director. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is set to announce Monday that low-level, nonviolent drug offenders with no ties to gangs or large-scale drug organizations will no longer be charged with offenses that impose severe mandatory sentences.

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