It's about time President Obama.
President Obama is about to grant clemency for a large number of
prisoners who are serving time for simple drug offenses.
Liz Goodwin tells the story of a woman named Barbara Scrivner who has languished in prison for 20 years serving a 30 year sentence for selling a few ounces of methamphetamine.
Liz Goodwin tells the story of a woman named Barbara Scrivner who has languished in prison for 20 years serving a 30 year sentence for selling a few ounces of methamphetamine.
Liz Goodwin says it plain and simple: "Thousands and thousands of people like Scrivner are serving punishingly
long sentences in federal prison based on draconian policies that were a
relic of the "tough on crime" anti-drug laws of the '80s and '90s.
Thirty years after skyrocketing urban violence and drug use sparked
politicians to impose longer and longer sentences for drug crimes,
America now incarcerates a higher rate of its population than any other
country in the world. This dubious record has finally provoked a
bipartisan backlash against such stiff penalties. The old laws are
slowly being repealed." More
Attorney General Eric Holder's speech last year
highlighted the horrible injustices that have been done to far too many
people because of the "The War on Drugs"; and Michelle Alexander has been
talking to audiences and writing about "The War on Drugs" for years now.
So again I say, ... It's about time President Obama!!!
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So again I say, ... It's about time President Obama!!!
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