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>> i got 12 years. under the rockefeller drug laws of new york state which mandate mandatory minimum sentencing drug laws something the president wants to reform. many many people are in prison serving is 15 20 25 years for small amounts of drugs and they're rotting away in the system. >> were you going to sell the drugs, take the drugs? >> i was a courier. basically took the envelope from the bronx to mt. vernon. walked into a police operation. they placed me under arrest. i wound up being sentenced to two 15 years to life terms. >> you spent 12 years in singsing. >> yes. the only way i got o...

But it could be very severe. i think the thing worrisome for us following the issue is the justice of department issued six criteria to use to decide which felons are eligible for early release. and some of the cry tier criteria are not eligible. if you have a significant gang tie, but it should say no gang ties. >> there are a lot of people in prison serving super long sentences, costing a lot to keep them in there, but don't you think the crime rate went down as the prison population swelled? so there's a tradeoff and could it move in the other direction if we move a lot of people out? >> th...

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>> bill: factor follow-up segment tonight, o.j. simpson currently in a nevada prison serving 9 to 33 years for armed robbery convicted. as we know he beat a murder rap in l.a. many believed he killed his wife and ron goldman in 1994. new book says simpson is innocent of those murders. mr. deere, you say you have the murder weapon, correct? >> that's correct. i'm sitting here with it in my lap. >> bill: hold it up so we can see it all right. take the sheath off, police. that, you say, is the knife that killed nicole brown simpson and ron goldman? >> in all probability, this is the actual knife....

>> bill: factor follow-up segment tonight, o.j. simpson currently in a nevada prison serving 9 to 33 years for armed robbery convicted. as we know he beat a murder rap in l.a. many believed he killed his wife and ron goldman in 1994. new book says simpson is innocent of those murders. mr. deere, you say you have the murder weapon, correct? >> that's correct. i'm sitting here with it in my lap. >> bill: hold it up so we can see it all right. take the sheath off, police. that, you say, is the knife that killed nicole brown simpson and ron goldman? >> in all probability, this is the actual knife....