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

[Lee-Lee]

36. As I said before, not much real effect here

What percentage of small, non-violent drug offenders actually face Federal charges?

I bet less than 2%.

Those are almost always state/local charges.

The DEA and FBI don't go after small, non-violent offenders, unless they are doing so to try and flip them to go after bigger fish. Even if they did, the US Attorneys office doesn't want to bother with small cases, they only want cases worthy of press releases to build resumes on.

The only time small, non-violent offenders get Federal charges is when they are caught on places with primarily Federal jurisdiction for LE- National Parks, BLM land, or at border crossings.

So a big speech, very little impact real world. And most likely it will have a disparate impact to favor whites, who are more likely to be busted for drugs out camping in a national forest, and less on the epidemic of such charges in inner cities.