Kudos to Obama and Holder: Mandatory minimum' sentences to end for many drug offenders

[msanthrope]

13. You might benefit from educating yourself on the "Smart on Crime" policy of

criminal justice that has been advocated by Kamala Harris and AG Holder. This is a major policy change that redirects the charging and sentencing priorities of every single DOJ office in the nation. It's been ongoing for a while, and frankly, could use the help of Congress who must actually pass the law that would allow federal judges to disregard the sentencing minimums.

The Executive Branch can only make policy decisions, and while it's easy to dismiss that as 'rhetoric,' facile denigration provides easy cover for the Congress, who must do the heavy lifting of the making decent, responsible legislation.

In other words, Rhett--ODS allows Congress to escape Article 1 responsibility for changing the laws. That's to the detriment of prisoners everywhere.