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    The Clemency Process Is Broken. Trump Can Fix It.

    Thousands of people are serving disproportionate sentences that courts no longer give. The president is their only hope.
    by Rachel Barkow Jan 15, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Joshua Roberts / Reuters

    Matthew Charles had served more than two decades in prison for dealing crack cocaine when a judge ordered his release in 2016, believing that a change in federal sentencing guidelines applied to him retroactively. Charles had been a free man for two years, leading a law-abiding and productive life, when he was ordered back to prison to serve yet another decade because federal prosecutors successfully appealed the judge’s decision. The blatant injustice of the situation prompted advocates on the left and the right to urge President Donald Trump to grant him . Thankfully for

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