Durbin Touts Sentencing Overhaul – Roll Call

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Durbin Touts Sentencing Overhaul

By Thomas McKinless

Posted October 1, 2015 at 9:02pm

By Thomas McKinless and Matthew Fleming

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Following an enthusiastic press conference Thursday morning, Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., discussed the details of the bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act on the Senate floor, a long-anticipated bill to overhaul sentencing provisions and give judges flexibility on mandatory minimum sentences. Read more.

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