“I’d seen a number of them where the sentences seemed very high for the conduct and it noted that the judge at the time of sentencing thought the sentence was too high. We looked at that and thought this really isn’t supplanting the judge.”
Saturday, July 04, 2015
Pardons
NYT: Obama Plans Broader Use of Clemency to Free Nonviolent Drug Offenders
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Yes, there needs to be prison sentencing reform. The big Reagan push created an unnecessary prison industrial complex that itself needs to be expunged.
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