Article: DOJ Rescinds Letter Cautioning Lower Courts on Fines, Fees for Poor Defendants

In his first year at the Department of Justice (DOJ), Attorney General Jeff Sessions has reversed numerous policies set by his predecessors in the Obama administration, in such areas as charging and sentencing policy, use of privately-run prisons, transgendered students’ rights, voting rights enforcement, and others. A recent addition to the list of policy reversals […]