Does the Attorney General plan major changes in sentencing?

The overall message is intended to seep into the state system however Holder is the AG where his jurisdiction is federal. The state courts do not sentence under the federal mandatory minimum. The first category of crimes that will benefit are the first time non-violent offenders. Habitual and violent criminals will not get the same "benefit of the doubt". The sentencing restructure is aimed eliminating draconian sentences for minor drug offenses - where they have in the past been sentencing people 10 years for less than one ounce of cocaine - 20 years for crack cocaine. It's all changing.