Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf posted an entry on his blog, Hercules and the Umpire, today that advocates for abolition of mandatory minimum sentences in federal drug cases. I've followed Judge Kopf's blog and feel safe in concluding that he is by no means "soft on crime" or any other perjorative description that might be applied along these lines. His blog has helped me understand a judge's perspective better, and has made me a better lawyer, so I appreciate him taking the time to do the work on it. Also, Judge Kopf is currently undergoing a regime of chemotherapy (which he has discussed candidly on the blog too) which accounts for the title of the posting in question: Perhaps It Is the Chemo Fog, But I'm Getting Soft on Crime.
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