Mandatory minimum sentences and racial disparities inherent in criminal justice system are other likely topics of presidents speech in Philadelphia on TuesdaySpeaking before the NAACP national conference in the city where in 2008 he delivered an extraordinary campaign speech confronting a US legacy of racial injustice,Barack Obama is expected to outline his reforms for a criminal justice system that disproportionately affects black Americans.
The address in Philadelphia is part of a week-long criminal justice focus by Obama, who on Monday used his constitutional pardon power to commute the sentences of 46 people convicted of mostly nonviolent drug offenses, and on Thursday will become the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. Continue reading...,
Source: theguardian.com