Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Un-American, Says FAMM President

Julie Stewart, President and Founder of Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation (FAMM), spoke out against mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders during a hearing with the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Tuesday. "I thought in this country that we sentenced individuals, not crimes. I thought courts imposed the sentences, not lawmakers miles away in Washington...It seemed utterly un-American to me then and it does today," said Stewart. (0:17)


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Feds Should Go After Drug Lords, Not Minor Offenders, Says Rep. Waters

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) says that an act she is proposing will end mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses and instead refocus federal resources toward the prosecution of drug kingpins. (0:19)
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