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President Biden has commutted the sentences of around 2500 non-violent drug offenders.

It's not legalization but it's a start at recognizing that these laws are unduly harsh and unnecessary burdens on personal decisions that really are none of Big Daddys business.

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@no1marauder said
President Biden has commutted the sentences of around 2500 non-violent drug offenders.

It's not legalization but it's a start at recognizing that these laws are unduly harsh and unnecessary burdens on personal decisions that really are none of Big Daddys business.
While I'm kind of ambivalent about legalization of hard drugs like Heroin, Cocaine and Meth, I agree that the sentencing for these things under the USSG is out of control.

So, with the caveat that I'm not going to look into the histories of all 2,500, and so there may be people in there who don't deserve this, I'll say that in general, this is a good thing.

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@sh76 said
While I'm kind of ambivalent about legalization of hard drugs like Heroin, Cocaine and Meth, I agree that the sentencing for these things under the USSG is out of control.

So, with the caveat that I'm not going to look into the histories of all 2,500, and so there may be people in there who don't deserve this, I'll say that in general, this is a good thing.
Excessive sentencing is more out of control in the states.

Various Governors (cough, Mike Pence) got huge "campaign contributions" from companies wanting to build prisons, on the condition that they increase penalties for marijuana and even possession of drug paraphernalia to get more people into the prison to show a need for those prisons.

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@Suzianne said
Excessive sentencing is more out of control in the states.

Various Governors (cough, Mike Pence) got huge "campaign contributions" from companies wanting to build prisons, on the condition that they increase penalties for marijuana and even possession of drug paraphernalia to get more people into the prison to show a need for those prisons.
interesting…do you have a source?

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@sh76 said
While I'm kind of ambivalent about legalization of hard drugs like Heroin, Cocaine and Meth, I agree that the sentencing for these things under the USSG is out of control.

So, with the caveat that I'm not going to look into the histories of all 2,500, and so there may be people in there who don't deserve this, I'll say that in general, this is a good thing.
is biden mentally competent do do such things?

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@Mott-The-Hoople said
interesting…do you have a source?
Look it up, this was in 2015. Way before talk of becoming VP.

I can find the name of the prison-building company if you can't.

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@Suzianne said
Look it up, this was in 2015. Way before talk of becoming VP.

I can find the name of the prison-building company if you can't.
I cant

found this...

"Pence and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, visited Capitol Hill Tuesday to push for the bipartisan criminal justice overhaul, which would boost rehabilitation efforts for federal prisoners and give judges more discretion when sentencing nonviolent offenders, particularly for drug offenses."

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A rare bipartisan coalition — including Trump, lawmakers from both parties, liberal advocacy groups and major GOP donors — is advocating passage of the criminal justice bill, which would revise 1980s and ’90s-era “tough on crime” laws. Supporters say the changes would make the nation’s criminal justice system fairer, reduce overcrowding in federal prisons and save taxpayer dollars."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/pence-and-kushner-make-push-for-criminal-justice-rewrite-on-capitol-hill

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@Mott-The-Hoople said
I cant
No surprise there.

https://campaignlegal.org/cases-actions/exposing-pay-play-scheme-enacted-geo-group

GEO Group is the company that kicked back over $100,00 to Pence for agreeing to build prisons and recommend higher penalties for non-violent drug offenses a year or two before the facts in this article took place.

Yes, this is about the same company paying one of Trump's super-PACs over $100,000, but this was not their first time to this rodeo.

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@Suzianne said
No surprise there.
I updated

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@Mott-The-Hoople said
I cant

found this...

"Pence and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, visited Capitol Hill Tuesday to push for the bipartisan criminal justice overhaul, which would boost rehabilitation efforts for federal prisoners and give judges more discretion when sentencing nonviolent offenders, particularly for drug offenses."

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A rare bipartisan coaliti ...[text shortened]... w.pbs.org/newshour/politics/pence-and-kushner-make-push-for-criminal-justice-rewrite-on-capitol-hill
Federal prisons. Must have been part of his new Mr. Clean look.

I was talking about kickbacks Pence received for okaying new state prisons in Indiana while Governor. The GEO Group was the company who paid Pence and the same company paid one of Trump's super-PACs later.

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biden did away with private prisons didnt he?

woops, no he didnt

https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/private-prisons-in-the-united-states/

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@sh76 said
While I'm kind of ambivalent about legalization of hard drugs like Heroin, Cocaine and Meth, I agree that the sentencing for these things under the USSG is out of control.

So, with the caveat that I'm not going to look into the histories of all 2,500, and so there may be people in there who don't deserve this, I'll say that in general, this is a good thing.
I have to agree with you and I'm a Libertarian, and generally in disagreement on this with most Libertarians.

Druggies cost us all way too much in medical costs, the costs of being institutionalized and burial costs.

that is my argument based on Libertarian principle

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@Earl-of-Trumps said
I have to agree with you and I'm a Libertarian, and generally in disagreement on this with most Libertarians.

Druggies cost us all way too much in medical costs, the costs of being institutionalized and burial costs.

that is my argument based on Libertarian principle
You disagree with real Libertarians on virtually every issue but those that will help line the rich's pocket and make life miserable for everyone else.

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@Mott-The-Hoople said
is biden mentally competent do do such things?
Of course not, but as I've said before, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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@sh76 said
Of course not, but as I've said before, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
could bidens actions, pardons/clemency decisions be legally overturned?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-had-no-idea-he-signed-natural-gas-export-pause-johnson-says

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