Réduction des peines minimales aux USA pour certaines infractions liées aux drogues

L’administration Obama a révélé des modifications importantes quant au système de justice pénale, en supprimant les peines minimales pour certaines infractions liées à la drogue. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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The Obama administration has unveiled major changes to the criminal justice system, dropping mandatory minimum sentences in certain drug cases.

Such terms will not be imposed for non-violent drug offenders with no gang or cartel ties, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a speech.

The US has one of the world's biggest prison populations, despite a 40-year-low in the country's crime rates.

Critics say that heavy drug sentences have hit minorities hardest.

"We need to ensure that incarceration is used to punish, deter and rehabilitate - not merely to convict, warehouse and forget," Mr Holder said in a speech to the American Bar Association in San Francisco on Monday.

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