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beyond individual mistakes in the courtroom, one of the most compelling reasons to use the pardon power is to release americans serving prison terms for activities that the law would punish differently today. a prime example, the shifting approach to the war on drugs. the justice department is no longer seeking harsh penalties for some nonviolent drug users. it has yet to apply the same logic to inmates serving time right now for those same offenses. the other end, the executive himself has discretion under the pardon power and i think there s a correlating imperative to use it at both ends. mark osler at saint thomas university in minnesota. we have people serving time, over 5,000 people serving time under harsh crack laws that have now been undone by congress. back with us to explore the moral question michael xol scolnik and president of global