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Congress made a decision about retroactive reductions in drug penalties so im not sure what -- >> but judge in both cases we hear the argument from members of congress or the sentencing commission we shouldnt worry, there is individualized case by case determinations. >> and that is my experience. thats -- when there is a retroactive change, what happens is that whether its the guidelines that are changed or the laws that are changed, which happens in congress there is a sure kwenlt determinatio...

0 recommendations, whether theyre in congress, theyre not the kinds of things that i can opine about. >> so you dont want to opine whether 17 years is too long or too short a sentence for murder? >> senator cotton, the congress has prescribed a number of factors that judges look at when they sentence. it may in many cases not be. i cant answer in the abstract in the way that you -- >> these are very concrete. lets turn to rape. do you know how long the average inmate convicted of rape serves in ...