Criminals weren t bad guys. i m commuting the sentences of 4 # primps were convicted many years or in some cases decades ago. 14 of them had been sentenced to life for nonviolent drug offenses. i made clear to them that reentering society is going to require responsibility on their part and hard work and smarter choices. jesse: well, the guy was wrong. one of the guys he freed back in 2015 was named alton mills. alton was serving a life sentence for running a crack cocaine trafficking ring. obama thought alton had paid his debt to society and decided to release him into the world. liberals loved this move. here is dick durbin. what s he done since then? he has become a mechanic at a chicago transit authority. he got married. he is contributing to society. he has granddaughter. is he working as a community college student pursuing an