Michael Lightfoot walked out of prison in downstate Danville, took in the view of trees and cars, then hugged his niece. The 67-year-old spent much of his later adult life incarcerated after a drug conviction for possessing 6 grams of cocaine landed him in prison for life — a seemingly hopeless end to years of struggle against addiction. But Lightfoot walked free for the first time in two .
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a couple non-lawyers on the committee who talked about he inflated his role in school dee segregation prosecutions. also there was this issue of what to do about the so-called dreamers, these individuals who were brought to this country illegally when they were children through no fault of their own, given some sort of temporary legal standing by president obama, and senator dick durbin really made it clear he so strongly disagreed with senator sessions on this issue. it sounded to me as though that was not a vote he was going to get. i agree. and not only on that issue, but also when it comes to clemency. we know that the two worked on a bill together to reduce sentences for inmates who were convicted for crack cocaine. they reduced the sentences. and, of course, the issue of clemency came up later on and that s been a big initiative under president obama granting petitions, clemency petitions for some of these inmates. and it came up during the hearing today with senator durbin and