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allow them to be taxpaying citizens, without exception. justice o connor, do you want to step to the question about what needs to be changed with these offenders? legislative bodies have to look at the mandatory minimum sentencing laws. . . his point was, they have the ability to depart. all cases are the same are not the same. they do not say, this is a different case from the other smith, jones, or williams cases. they say, i cannot tell legislature what to do, they automatically can t touch them. there is room to think about judges being independent. i think he was talking about the federal sentencing scheme. every state is the states that have the bulk of the crime. every state has to take a look, frankly. you were talking earlier about the difference between powdered cocaine and crack cocaine. one is sentence with a far longer term. it is a matter of money here. one is far more expensive than the other, and it is also about race. one is predominantly used

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