Trump Just Granted Clemency To Alice Johnson After Kim Kardashian Took Up Her Cause

[CodeBlaMeVi]

just curious...which policies are you referring to so I can confirm you are not spinning anything?

Please post them..

They believe anything told to them.

 

[NotaPAWG]

Usual suspects in here suckin that Trump dikk as usual

no one in this thread is sucking trumps dikk

 

[Dad]

Did anything actually come out of that Obama meeting with all of hip-hop besides another photo-op??

872 sentences were shortened. Over 600 people granted clemency

 

[Pressure]

Meanwhile he and his justice department are pushing policies to incarcerate hundreds to thousands more. Big win.

He also refused a prison reform bill proposed by Senate that included prison reform for these very offenses.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Incarceration rates began dropping seriously under Obama. Just like Raava said, the Trump Justice Department has been pushing policies that would reverse all of that progress.


Jeff Sessions instructed D.A.'s to pursue the most serious provable charges in all criminal cases, thereby imprisoning more people for longer, even in low-level drug cases

Sessions tells prosecutors to seek the most serious charges

"In a memo to staff, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered federal prosecutors to "charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense" — a move that marks a significant reversal of Obama-era policies on low-level drug crimes.

The two-page memo, which was publicly released Friday, lays out a policy of strict enforcement that rolls back the comparatively lenient stance established by Eric Holder, one of Sessions' predecessors under President Barack Obama.

"This policy affirms our responsibility to enforce the law, is moral and just, and produces consistency. This policy fully utilizes the tools Congress has given us," Sessions told thousands of assistant U.S. attorneys in the memo. "By definition, the most serious offenses are those that carry the most substantial guidelines sentence, including mandatory minimum sentences.""




Jeff Sessions revoked an Obama memo which had told courts to avoid giving too-stiff penalties to poor defendants. Those are the exact kinds of penalties that poor defendants are often unable to pay and end up going to jail for instead.

Sessions rescinds Obama-era letter to local courts on fines and fees

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding an Obama-era letter to local courts advising them to be wary of imposing stiff fees and penalties on poor defendants, The Washington Post reports.

The move comes as Sessions revokes more than two dozen Justice Department guidance documents going back to the 1990s on various topics, the Post reports.

Sessions said the move would do away with “the long-standing abuse of issuing rules by simply publishing a letter or posting a web page.”

“Congress has provided for a regulatory process in statute, and we are going to follow it,” Sessions said, according to the Post. “This is good government and prevents confusing the public with improper and wrong advice.”



Jeff Sessions revoked an Obama-era policy to avoid marijuana possession charges in states where marijuana is legal

Rolling back Obama-era marijuana rules a 'return to the rule of law'

"The Justice Department called Thursday’s move to rescind Obama-era guidance that allowed legal marijuana to thrive in certain states a “return to the rule of law.”

“This return to the rule of law is also a return of trust and local control to federal prosecutors who know where and how to deploy Justice Department resources most effectively to reduce violent crime, stem the tide of the drug crisis, and dismantle criminal gangs,” a statement from the department reads.

In the release, Sessions said that the previous guidance “undermines the rule of law and the ability of … law enforcement” to enforce the nation’s laws."



Jeff Sessions advocated for mandatory minimums in drug cases and other criminal cases, which are one of the main causes of overincarceration.

Jeff Sessions: Mandatory Minimum Sentences Protected Us from Violent Crime

"Under the previous administration, the Department of Justice told federal prosecutors not to include in charging documents the full amount of drugs being dealt when the actual amount would trigger a mandatory minimum sentence. Prosecutors were required to leave out true facts in order to achieve sentences lighter than required by law. This was billed as an effort to curb “mass incarceration” of “low-level offenders,” but in reality it covered offenders apprehended with large quantities of dangerous drugs."



Sessions claimed that Chicago and NYC are too "soft on crime"

Jeff Sessions sends threat to nine jurisdictions demanding compliance and claiming they're too "soft on crime"

"Additionally, many of these jurisdictions are also crumbling under the weight of illegal immigration and violent crime. The number of murders in Chicago has skyrocketed, rising more than 50 percent from the 2015 levels. New York City continues to see gang murder after gang murder, the predictable consequence of the city's “soft on crime” stance."



Finally, Trump has been appointing conservative judges at a record rate. You really don't think that conservative judges aren't going to keep supporting policies that lead to higher incarceration?

How Trump's judicial picks will reshape the courts

Does this apply to all Americans?

 

[NotaPAWG]

You black today?

The issue is its another display of white privilege.
And it does nothing for the bigger issue - PRISON REFORM

why shouldn’t white people use their white privilege for something good?

 

[Dad]

why shouldn’t white people use their white privilege for something good?

Because it always comes at a cost, y’all arent to be trusted

 

[Dad]

who said other wise?

no one ITT has even made that assertion and plenty of people ITT have said he’s doing it for his own agenda and criticized him.

you’re making posts railing against something in this thread and calling posters dumb for things that aren’t even being said

Nah, keep reading

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Does this apply to all Americans?

Those Justice memos apply to every American who is ever charged with a crime, levied a fine by the courts, who uses marijuana, or who is affected by the decisions made by Trump's judicial nominees.

Yeah, that's damn near all Americans.

 

[MikeyC]

The issue is its another display of white privilege.

And if Kanye is using his wife's white privilege to help innocent black folk, what's the problem?

And it does nothing for the bigger issue - PRISON REFORM

Well, this should at least get the ball rolling.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Did anything actually come out of that Obama meeting with all of hip-hop besides another photo-op??

Let’s not start that.

 

[Worthless Loser]

Let's see if Kim really about it. If she really care about prison and criminal justice reform then she will continue to be vocal and active. If she go quiet we know what that mean.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Those Justice memos apply to every American who is ever charged with a crime, levied a fine by the courts, who uses marijuana, or who is affected by the decisions made by Trump's judicial nominees.

Yeah, that's damn near all Americans.

So should I be concerned? Im a Lead software engineer.....

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

You don't think Kanye using Trump's name as apart of his album rollout had anything to do with it? To soften him up, so to speak?





And if those famous freinds (Kimye) are using Trumps position to get clemency for an innocent black woman locked up in jail, what's the problem?



The ultimate high for Trump: publicity.

You are giving Kanye way too much credit like he is this pre-calculated and it's all a means to an end. His words will linger on long after he is gone and continue to do damage. You can't gloss over what he said. He completely shyt on millions of people and the atrocities they experienced. So what is the problem? You will find out when future generations are being told that they their ancestors were slaves by choice.

 

[Dad]

And if Kanye is using his wife's white privilege to help innocent black folk, what's the problem?

I never said anything about Kanye