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Shannon? >> william, thank you very much. an afghan translator that risked his life to help americans under fire finds his life in danger again tonight. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon with a story of heroism, friendship, red tape. medal of honor recipient dakota meyer says he never could have recovered four americans killed in afghanistan in 2009 without the help of his afghan translator, whose life is now threatened by the taliban, and his visa application has been held up by the state department for more than three years. >> i looked at him, i said i need you to go with me. and he sai...

5% of criminal prosecutions in america, and state and local handling the rest already exercise the discretion he urged. >> i think district attorneys across the country are shaking their head. it is almost impossible to get a united states attorney to take a quote, low level drug possession case, closed quote. i see his announcement as telling federal prosecutors to not prosecute cases they are currently not prosecute. >> reporter: when asked why the reforms were taken now, when prison overcrowding and issues have been known for decades, doj says the attorney took similar measures three years ...