Eric Holder #39;We Are A Nation Of Cowards #39;
Source: https://www.youtube.com/user/CBSEveningNews September 25, 2014 - President Obama announced that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is stepping down. As Major Garrett explains, Holder...
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Eric Holder Resigns! CDC Estimates EBOLA to Affect 1 4 Million!
My commentary on Attorney General Eric Holder #39;s resignation, two earthquakes in one hour near nuclear power plants in Japan, how out of control is Ebola and why the death toll for Ebola is...
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America #39;s Forum | Rep. Paul Gosar talks about why Holders resignation is long overdue
(R-AZ): GOP congressman from Arizona who called for Eric Holder #39;s impeachment talks about why Holder #39;s resignation is long overdue.
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(CNN) -- The first speech Eric Holder gave after he announced his upcoming resignation was fittingly at an event hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus, where the nation's first African-American attorney general said he's most proud of his efforts to protect voting rights laws.
"This work has been a top priority since I took office," he said.
After the Supreme Court rolled back key provisions of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby v. Holder last year, a decision Holder called "deeply flawed," the Justice Department aggressively challenged new laws that popped up in states around the country -- including North Carolina, Wisconsin, Ohio and Texas -- where lawmakers imposed more requirements, including a voter ID, to be allowed to vote.
At the event on Friday, Holder reminded the predominantly black audience of the progress that has been made since the passage of the Civil Rights Act 50 years ago, but he insisted that more has to be done.
"I want you to know that my commitment to this work will never waver, and in the meantime there remains, I think, a great deal that needs to be done," he said.
Holder's role in civil rights issues has been central to his tenure.
Changes in criminal justice system
He has also undertaken to improve the strained relationship between police and communities of color and worked to reduce sentences for some drug offenders, alter police officers' protocol for searches and arrests, restore felons' voting rights and improve the treatment of felons after their release.
Friday, he announced a new initiative focused on reducing the number of teens who enter into the juvenile justice system.
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Holder: My work on voting rights most important
By Evan Perez, CNN
updated 4:42 PM EDT, Fri September 26, 2014
(CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder is taking credit for the first drop in the federal prison population in a generation, citing his "Smart on Crime" initiative that seeks to moderate prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders.
Holder, at a speech in New York, announced that at the end of fiscal year 2014 next week, the United States will show a drop of about 4,800 federal prisoners to 215,000 inmates. The figure for fiscal 2013 was 218,298 and the new figure marks the first drop over the course of a fiscal year since 1980.
Crime waves in many cities in the 1970s and 1980s prompted federal and state lawmakers to enact tough-on-crime laws, increasing sentences for crack cocaine and other drugs and for habitual offenders.
In the past year, Holder has led efforts to amend sentence guidelines for nonviolent drug crimes, including for prisoners already serving their sentences.
Holder said Justice Department estimates project a continued decrease in federal prison populations, including 2,200 fewer by fiscal 2015 and another possible 10,000 drop in fiscal 2016.
"We can all be proud of the progress that's been made at reducing the crime rate over the past couple of decades -- thanks to the tireless work of prosecutors and the bravery of law enforcement officials across America. But statistics have shown -- and all of us have seen -- that high incarceration rates and longer-than-necessary prison terms have not played a significant role in materially improving public safety, reducing crime, or strengthening communities," Holder said in prepared remarks. "In fact, the opposite is often true."
He said new research shows that states with the most significant reductions in crime also were states with reduced prison populations.
Holder said part of the reason for sentencing changes is to save money from not having to build more prisons, with the federal prison system already 30% over capacity.
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