Denver Post · May 18, 2017
Could Jeff Sessions’ new order hinder NFLPA’s push for marijuana policy change?
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered federal prosecutors to seek the toughest charges and sentences against crime suspects, rolling back former president Barack Obama’s more lenient policy. In a two-page memo issued to his staff and made publicly available last Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered federal prosecutors to seek the toughest possible charges and sentences for drug crime suspects, a drastic shift from the more lenient approach that became a pillar of Barack Obama’s presidency.
