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===Department of Justice Smart on Crime Program===
On August 12, 2013, at the [[American Bar Association]]'s House of Delegates meeting, Attorney General [[Eric Holder]] announced the "Smart on Crime" program, which is "a sweeping initiative by the Justice Department that in effect renounces several decades of tough-on-crime anti-drug legislation and policies."<ref name="ABA meeting Aug 12 2013">{{cite web | url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/sweeping_reversal_of_the_war_on_drugs_announced_by_atty_general_holder/?sc_cid=130815AR | title=Sweeping reversal of the War on Drugs announced by Atty General Holder | publisher=American Bar Association | work=ABA's 560-member policy making House of Delegates | date=12 August 2013 | access-date=16 August 2013 | author=Carter, Terry | pages=1 | archive-date=September 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929091909/http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/sweeping_reversal_of_the_war_on_drugs_announced_by_atty_general_holder/?sc_cid=130815AR | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Reforming The Criminal Justice System Aug 12 2013">{{cite web | url=http://www.abajournal.com/files/SMART_ON_CRIME.PDF | title=Smart on Crime: Reforming The Criminal Justice System | publisher=US Department of Justice | work=Remarks to American Bar Association’s Annual Convention in San Francisco, CA | date=August 12, 2013 | access-date=16 August 2013 | pages=7 | archive-date=January 9, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109013224/http://www.abajournal.com/files/SMART_ON_CRIME.PDF | url-status=live }}</ref> Holder said the program "will encourage U.S. attorneys to charge defendants only with crimes "for which the accompanying sentences are better suited to their individual conduct, rather than excessive prison terms more appropriate for violent criminals or drug kingpins..."<ref name="ABA meeting Aug 12 2013"/><ref name="Reforming The Criminal Justice System Aug 12 2013"/> Running through Holder's statements, the increasing economic burden of over-incarceration was stressed.<ref name="ABA meeting Aug 12 2013"/><ref name="Reforming The Criminal Justice System Aug 12 2013"/> {{As of | August 2013}}, the Smart on Crime program is not a legislative initiative but an effort "limited to the DOJ's policy parameters."<ref name="ABA meeting Aug 12 2013"/><ref name="Reforming The Criminal Justice System Aug 12 2013"/>