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significantly than is the case. the decision to commute these eight individuals, that s i guess symbolic first step. probably thousands of people in jail, serving long prison sentences because of this between the powder and crack cocaine. it is symbolic but look at the timing. you talked about the push in the senate judiciary committee they will be taking up wider spread reform or the concept of it. that s expected to happen next month. so this is in away sending a signal, raising aawareness of the issue. and also showing this administration is deemphasizing those severe penalties related to these drug offenses, as part of his agenda. at the end of every year, a president does issue a decision to commute sentences. these are the first. there will be more, presumably, over the next before the end of the year, i guess, right? we expect, that does often happen. we ll be waiting to see what happens in the next couple of

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