Obama has commuted the prison sentences of 774 criminals, more than the past 11 presidents combined, as part of his program to review the sentences of "non-violent drug offenders" in federal prisons who had received lengthy prison sentences for drug convictions.  This is wrong and will encourage more drug selling and use. If you are in a federal prison for a drug conviction, then you were a seller, and usually a seller of large amount, and probably a repeat offender. But more importantly, there is no such thing as a "nonviolent drug offender" if you are a seller. Maybe the offender did not use violence when selling drugs, but that does not make it nonviolent.  The act of selling drugs is violent because the user may now become dependent, may die from an overdose, and may commit crimes such as burglary and robbery to obtain money to buy drugs. The act of selling drugs causes a multiplier effect on the commission of crimes.  The buyer may...(Read Full Post)