The following article by David Shortell and Jessica Schneider was posted on the CNN website December 22, 2017:
Washington (CNN) — The Justice Department on Thursday rescinded a tranche of agency-issued “guidance documents” that explained and interpreted policy across a range of issues, including a 2016 memo that cautioned courts against the burdensome enforcement of fines for criminal offenders.
The document crunch comes as Attorney General Jeff Sessions has spent the better part of a year reversing Obama-era policies and legal interpretations, aligning the Trump Justice Department with administration priorities of deregulation and a “return to the rule of law.” Continue reading “Justice Department rolls back guidance on fining poor defendants”