Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Trump wields his power of clemency in 11 cases

Holly Harris, president of the criminal-justice group Justice Action Network, applauded Trump “for taking these steps,” but said she hoped to see him use his power to help “any of the thousands of deserving individuals who are neither rich, nor famous, nor connected.”

“They are the forgotten majority of the country’s crisis in mass incarceration, a crisis that disproportionately impacts lower income communities and communities of color, and they are every bit as deserving of a second chance,” she said.”

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/feb/19/trump-wields-his-power-of-clemency-in-1/

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