with marijuana and cocaine when he was much younger. these are young people that made mistakes that aren t that different from the mistakes i made and the mistakes that a lot of you guys make. the difference is they did not have the kinds of support structures, the second chances, the resources that would allow them to survive those mistakes. today s visit was part of an effort to further highlight the president s agenda of criminal justice reform, which the president laid out in a speech to the naacp on tuesday, a day after he commuted the sentences of 46 nonviolent drug offenders. it s kind of hard to imagine that 20 years ago a democratic president pushing to shorten sentences and reduce incarceration would feel that he had the political room to do it. now it seems that having the world s largest prison population, full of racial discrepancies, is increasingly seen as a policy failure, even as a source of national shame. there seems to be surprising support from both democrats a
these are young people that made mistakes that aren t that different from the mistakes i made and the mistakes that a lot of you guys make. the difference is they did not have the kinds of support structures, the second chances, the resources that would allow them to survive those mistakes. today s visit was part of an effort to further highlight the president s agenda of criminal justice reform, which the president laid out in a speech to the naacp on tuesday, a day after he commuted the sentences of 46 nonviolent drug offenders. it s kind of hard to imagine that 20 years ago a democratic president pushing to shorten sentences and reduce incarceration would feel that he had the political room to do it. now it seems that having the world s largest prison population, full of racial discrepancies, is increasingly seen as a policy failure, even as a source of national shame. there seems to be surprising support from both democrats and republicans to do something
made mistakes that aren t that different than the mistakes i made and mistakes a lot of you guys made. the difference is they did not have the kind of support structures, the second chances, the resources that would allow them to survive those mistakes. i think we have a tendency sometimes to almost take for granted, or think it s normal that so many young people end up in our criminal justice system. it s not normal. it s not what happens in other countries. what is normal is teenagers doing stupid things. what is normal is young people making mistakes. that s what strikes me. there but by the grace of god. over the course of my lifetime, if any prominent politician, particularly a democrat had made a statement
the difference is they did not have the kinds of support structures the second chances, the resources that would allow them to survive those mistakes. today s visit was part of an effort to further highlight the president s agenda of criminal justice reform, which the president laid out in a speech to the naacp on tuesday, a day after he commuted the sentences of 46 nonviolent drug offenders. it s kind of hard to imagine that 20 years ago a democratic president pushing to shorten sentences and reduce incarceration would feel that he had the political room to do it. now it seems that having the world s largest prison population full of racial discrepancies, is increasingly seen as a policy failure, even as a source of national shame. there seems to be surprising support from both democrats and republicans to do something about it. bipartisan bill criminal justice reform will you allow that to move forward in your house? absolutely.
both parties flocking to new hampshire. hillary clinton, donald trump and scott walker all campaigning across the state on thursday. walker taking a swipe at clinton saying she left the world more mess zed up than before she was secretary of state. could president obama ended up in the big house rather than the white house? yes, that s from the president himself. he says the support he got from family made all the difference. take a listen. these are these are young people who made mistakes that aren t that different than the mistakes i made and the mistakes a lot of you guys make. the difference is they did not have the kinds of support structures the second chances, the resources that would allow them to survive those mistakes. the trip to the federal prison marked the first time a