My father, Muhammad Ali, didn't belong in prison. Nonviolent offenders don't either.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Jason Flom, founder of "Lava for Good" podcasts, serves on the board of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Legal Action Center and the Drug Policy Alliance, and is the founding board member of the Innocence Project.
41% : Policing the USA: Help right the wrongs in our prison and justice systemLegalize cannabis: He's serving 40 years in prison while legal marijuana makes others richAnd when it comes to marijuana, the FBI has discovered that almost 90% of arrests are for possession only.
41% : So how as a country should we react when Bernard Noble is sentenced to 13 years of hard labor for possessing less than a 10th of an ounce of marijuana?
37% :More from Policing the USA:Why did Alex Murdaugh escape the death penalty?
27% :Rebalance the scales of justice: Fines, fees used to fund criminal justice too often come from those disenfranchised by itWant criminal justice reform?:

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