ACLU to launch major political, advocacy campaign in 2016 for sentencing reform

Frustrated by political gridlock on Capitol Hill, the American Civil Liberties Union is mounting an ambitious campaign to boost its effectiveness starting with a political advocacy program for 2016 and beyond. With $80 million in commitments, both promised and collected, for a 501(c)(4) tax exempt organization, ACLU officials have retained veteran Democratic operative Karin Johanson as its newly established national political director. Currently the campaign manager for the Coalition to Stop Fast Track — which opposes “secretive negotiations” of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership…