![Obama Calls for Less Prison in Overhauling Sentencing Laws](https://www.apcars.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/New-York-Times-Logo-351x185.jpg)
President Obama made his case on Tuesday for an overhaul of the nation’s sentencing laws, telling a gathering of top law enforcement officials here that putting large numbers of nonviolent drug offenders in prison was neither fair nor an effective way of combating crime.