On Thanksgiving, Trump should pardon more than turkeys

Published November 19, 2018 11:16pm ET



On Twitter you can vote for which turkey Trump should pardon: Peas or Carrots. But once he is done presiding over the pardoning of feathery Thanksgiving centerpieces, both of which are guaranteed life on a farm anyway, the president should turn his attention to pardoning people, specifically nonviolent drug offenders serving long mandatory sentences in federal prison.

As many states have reformed sentencing laws, pragmatically putting more thought into who should be spending long stretches of time behind bars, federal mandatory sentences haven’t changed much. That means that there are many nonviolent federal prisoners serving long sentences.

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