Meet two great people whose life-without-parole sentences for nonviolent drug sentences were NOT commuted today: http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/5/life-without-parolepardonsentencenonviolentoffense.html …
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1 of the 3 I profiled, Larry Duke, got compassionate release. Now it's long past time to spring Alice Marie Johnson & Euka Wadlington!
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And please: mass commutation for thousands of prisoners is not extreme. What's extreme is our incarceration rate: http://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/
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@ChMadar Not to mention commutation alone will still leave them as felons struggling to regain their life.
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@ChMadar@crimsonboudoir Didn't the WH already suggest that the numbers could reach "1000s" as DOJ is still reviewing applications? -
@lilyellowgirl@crimsonboudoir No, not to my knowledge anyway. Here are the stats–only 107 + today's crop so far. http://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-statistics …
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@ChMadar@MissAbsinthe What makes you think he is done? -
@cheeriogrrrl@MissAbsinthe Because I've been paying attention for the past 6.5 years. But if he wants to surprise me, I'm all for it!
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