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remove Michele Leonhart as DEA Administrator for failing to support the Administration's goals on mandatory minimums.

Created by J.G. on May 06, 2014

The President should remove Michele Leonhart from her position as DEA Administrator for refusing to support a bill backed by the Obama administration that would lower the length of mandatory minimum sentences for federal drug crimes, putting her at odds with her boss Attorney General Eric Holder on one of the criminal justice reform initiatives he hopes to make a centerpiece of his legacy. Pursuant to an article appearing on The Huffington Post blog: The decades-long global war on drugs has failed and it's time to shift the focus from mass incarceration to public health and human rights, according to a new report endorsed by five Nobel Prize-winning economists.

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