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词条 Families Against Mandatory Minimums
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Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) is an American nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1991 to challenge mandatory sentencing laws and advocate for criminal justice reform.[1] FAMM promotes sentencing policies that give judges the discretion to distinguish between defendants and sentence them according to their role in the offense, the seriousness of the offense, and their potential for rehabilitation. FAMM's members include prisoners and their families, attorneys, judges, criminal justice experts, and concerned citizens. In 2018, The Washington Post described FAMM as "one of the leading organizations that have pushed for criminal justice changes."[2]

The organization's founder, Julie Stewart, started FAMM shortly after her brother was convicted of growing marijuana plants near his home and given a mandatory five year federal prison sentence.[3]

FAMM organized lobbying efforts in support of the First Step Act, a law which reforms the U.S. federal prison system and seeks to reduce recidivism.[4]

See also

  • Incarceration in the United States
  • War on drugs

References

1. ^{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Mitch |title=A New Law Made Him a ‘Free Man on Paper,’ but He Died Behind Bars |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/criminal-justice-reform-steve-cheatham.html |accessdate=4 March 2019 |publisher=New York Times |date=February 15, 2019}}
2. ^{{cite news |last1=Min Kim |first1=Seung |title=Trump endorses bipartisan criminal-justice reform bill |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-endorses-bipartisan-criminal-justice-reform-bill/2018/11/14/9be8f926-e84c-11e8-bd89-eecf3b178206_story.html?utm_term=.410b8b53cfb0 |accessdate=4 March 2019 |publisher=Washington Post |date=November 14, 2018}}
3. ^{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Dirk |title=As Mandatory Terms Pack Prisons, Experts Ask, Is Tougher Too Tough? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/08/us/as-mandatory-terms-pack-prisons-experts-ask-is-tougher-too-tough.html |accessdate=4 March 2019 |publisher=New York Times |date=November 8, 1993}}
4. ^{{cite news |last1=Blinder |first1=Alan |last2=Medina |first2=Jennifer |title=He Was Sentenced to Life for Selling Crack. Now Congress Wants to Reconsider. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/us/sentencing-reform-crack.html |accessdate=4 March 2019 |publisher=New York Times |date=December 20, 2018}}

External links

  • {{official|http://www.famm.org}}
  • {{ProPublicaNonprofitExplorer|521750246}}
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3 : Political advocacy groups in the United States|Criminal justice reform in the United States|1991 establishments in Washington, D.C.

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