those mistakes, and i think what s important right now is the content of the book, the reality of our criminal justice system and how it should be changed. you know, my colleague reverend sharpton talks about this, a lot talk about this, we have too many african-americans in prison, a particular group that s in there. when you were in there, did you sense there was this unfairness in the way people were being put away? honestly, yes, chris. and i talk about that. one, i put a lot of people in prison. people for long periods of time. but they were really bad people that did bad things. then i went to prison, i meet a young 19-year-old black man, a kid, that was sentenced to ten years for a first-time low-level nonviolent drug offense. people sentenced to 15 years, 20 years. commercial fishermen that caught too many fish. we re putting way too many people in prison across this country that didn t have to be there to learn from their
the bottom line is i paid for those mistakes and i think what s important right now is the content of the book the reality of our criminal justice system and how it should be changed. you know, my colleague reverend sharpton talks about this, a lot talk about this we have too many african-americans in prison a particular group that s in there. when you were in there, did you sense there was this unfairness in the way people were being put away? honestly yes, chris. and i talk about that. one, i put a lot of people in prison. people for long periods of time. but they were really bad people that did bad things. then i went to prison i meet a young 19-year-old black man, a kid, that was sentenced to ten years for a first-time low-level nonviolent drug offense. people sentenced to 15 years, 20 years. commercial fishermen that caught too many fish. we re putting way too many people in prison across this country that didn t have to be