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And the check on that system is itself reinscribes the same racial injustices. >> right. and clarence aaron is a guy who had, as we said, so many people in his corner, and still, he could not get a commutation. really, until the pardon's office was exposed, until this wrongdoing was exposed, until an ig report was written. until congressional -- members of congress asked the white house to get involved. >> people at home, i mean, clarence aaron is a very, is a unique case in many ways, but there are thousands of people who are people doing a lot of time for carrying a boyfriend's luggage with ...

To the excellent journalism of senior reporter, dafna linzer. >> clarence aaron was an interesting case to begin with. he got this incredibly overly long sentence, a life sentence. refused to snitch. that fact alone made him an interesting case. he garnered support. he had interesting lawyers who agreed to represent him for free, to try and help him get clemency. and there was a lot of interest in his case. what drew me to his story was something else, which was a concerted effort inside the pardons office to prevent clarence aaron from succeeding. and that's really the story that we set out t...

And if you're an adviser to the president, if you're in the white house council's office -- >> it's all downside, no upside. it's you're going to pardon someone who's going to get a backlash. part someone who turns out to be connected politically and you'll get bad press. not pardoning people doesn't get you bad press, basically. >> it doesn't get you bad press. and yet that's not why the founding fathers gave the president his only sole unchecked power. it was exactly, as you said, to right injustices, and there are many in our justice system today. and one of the things we looked at in the o...

I couldn't believe this was occurring to me >> that was clarence aaron. he's been in prison for 20 years. to fully understand the great news that aaron got today, you have to go back to 1993. that year, aaron had some friends from his home in mobile, alabama, who were, as he puts it, quote, in some type of drug activities. aaron introduced them to some college friends he had in louisiana, who were also into drugs, and for the introduction, he got paid $1,500. when his friends were finally caught dealing drugs along with aaron's first cousin, they all testified against aaron. all of these men h...

Produces so much bulk injustice, that the pardoning system isn't going to be the thing that rectifies it. but tonight really a small amount of justice. it's an amazing story. i feel so happy for clarence aaron and his family. thank you for all your incredible work on this, daf na. thank you. coming up -- >> women are like labrador retrievers. they all have quirks. the first prerequisite for marrying a woman, can she cook. if your woman cooks better than your mama, you got one. >> men are cooking too. it's not just going to be ladies watching -- >> girly men. >> that was titled by a&e, phil's w...