Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20151019:19:52:00
The top democrat on the committee, talking about the practical cost and the cost for communities of color. the emphasis is on dialing down prison terms overall, but it does expand mandatory minimums for terror-related crimes. >> so it's not an across-the-board, let's lower all mandatory sentences. there's some things in there that republicans would probably want as well? >> that's right. there's a dialing up of mandatory minimums in certain other areas and with regard to basically violence related to weaponry, guns, and terrorism. it was interesting also moments ago, i was listening to the hea...