Attorney General Jeff Sessions circulated a memo late Thursday night that directs federal prosecutors to charge nonviolent, low-level drug offenders with long, mandatory-minimum sentences. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement in response: “When President Trump asked Black Americans what we have to lose by electing him, the answer is … Continue reading LDF Statement on Attorney General Sessions Charging and Sentencing Directive