Long prison sentences for non-violent offenders is bullshit.

[Comatose Sphagetti]

I don't care about who does the pardoning or the rationale used. I don't care if it involves trump, Kardashian, or the Pillsbury Dough Boy as long as it's done. Pardon away.

One down and untold thousands to go.

[dameatball]

1. 100% agree. Kardashians are celebrities, for some reason. Lots of poor people rotting away as well.

Anyone serving a ridiculously long sentence for the same offense should be released if they have done nothing else wrong.

[Snackshack]

2. Agreed.

100%.

[Adrahil]

3. Disagree.....

I think Trump and his goons deserve nice, LLLLOOOOONNNNGGGG sentences.

[unblock]

4. i don't think i'd lump all non-violent offenses together.

i agree that long prison sentences for mere purchase/possession of drugs is stupid.

but, say, a third conviction for defrauding thousands of seniors out of their life savings?
non-violent, but i have no problem with a very long prison sentence there.

[MicaelS]

5. Disagree completely.

As the saying goes..."Steal a million with a gun, or steal a million through fraud, see which one gets the longer sentence."

Case closed.

[Jake Stern]

6. She was an in deep member of a major interstate drug operation

She was arrested in 1993 as part of an operation that transported cocaine from Houston to Memphis, relaying coded messages between conspirators.

[link:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/us/politics/trump-alice-johnson-sentence-commuted-kim-kardashian-west.html|

This is not a minor possession rap and not all people incarcerated for non-violet offences are miscarriages of justice.

[Kotya]

8. And Johnson spent nearly 22 years in prison for her crimes.

She's more than paid her debt.

[PoliticAverse]

10. Which is why she probably received a commutation rather than a pardon. n/t

[malaise]

7. Not if your private prisons are the latest

version of slavery

[PoliticAverse]

9. So, how soon do you want Madoff to be out? n/t

[flotsam]

11. Tax evasion is non-violent

so I guess we owe Capone an apology???