Attorney General Eric Holder, unveiled a plan on Monday that the Justice Department will no longer pursue mandatory minimum sentences for certain low-level, nonviolent drug offenders. The ineffective three-strike law is finally being challenged. Holder notes that the United States “cannot prosecute or incarcerate” its way to becoming safer.

Sincerity wrapped Holder’s statement as he addressed the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates in San Francisco, “Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason.” Blatant incarceration based on biased and racial disparities are “shameful” along with being “ineffective and unsustainable.” Too many prisoners have been enslaved to a greedy penal system only to be warehoused and forgotten.

According to CNN, Holder’s bold contention that once “people of color” are trapped in the criminal justice system, they “often face harsher punishments than their peers.” Unacceptable, shameful, and unworthy were the stark adjectives used to describe this ongoing  tradition of the United States.

Working with our Commander and Chief, President Barack Obama, Holder says they have been conversing about the issue and agreed to “strike a balance” that allows for a “pragmatic” and “commonsense” solutions to sustain safety for the public’s good.

Niki Gatewood (@THE_NikiG)