This notion that we must refuse to talk with Republicans about pardons or commutations or criminal reform is foolhardy. Both parties built the system. We must engage both. And the millions of people affected by injustice in America can't wait in election cycles for reform.
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If Donald Trump wants an exhaustive list of who needs to be pardoned or have their sentence commuted so they can be released, of course we will give it to him. Over the past few days families have begged many of us to have their story told so their loved ones can be released.
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A family asked me today if I would ever be willing to meet with Donald Trump to ask him to pardon their loved one. I would have to smoke 10 joints and drink a pint of holy water before doing such a thing, and still would struggle, but people need to have their story told.
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I always appreciate your pragmatism. There are too many things everyone should be able to objectively agree upon...but too often partisan loyalty impedes progress. It’s not capitulating, it’s reality. Whatever side you’re on for any issue, the other side ain’t going away.
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Honestly? You do what you have to do to get things, especially justice, done. It's a lesson many of us have had to learn by different means. One doesn't have to like it, but sometimes one simply has to do it.
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Easy list to start with is everyone who has been incarcerated for victimless drug offenses. Immediately Pardon every one
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