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Of fear and anger. most people recognize that these kinds of reforms are critically necessary. but our instincts after 40 years of mass incarceration make it very hard for politicians to actually pass the laws that produce the amount of time that people spend in prison. so we've been looking for leadership, and i think what he's done today is significant leadership. i think it has the possibility of being replicated in states which is where we really need it. we have to remember that only 10% of the people incarcerated in this country are in the federal system. most of our mass imprisonment pr...

Kinds of reforms are critically necessary. but our instincts after 40 years of mass incarceration make it very hard for politicians to actually pass the laws that produce the amount of time that people spend in prison. so we've been looking for leadership, and i think what he's done today is significant leadership. i think it has the possible of being replicated in states which is where we really need it. we have to remember that only 10% of the people incarcerated in this country are in the federal system. most of our mass imprisonment problem is in the states. and this decision won't directl...