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I support a lot of these pardons for non-violent drug offences, mainly because the US justice system issues such needlessly long sentences, and the US penal sys

I support a lot of these pardons for non-violent drug offences, mainly because the US justice system issues such needlessly long sentences, and the US penal system is so harsh. But AFAIK, Trump hasn't done anything to address these while in power, and given his usual rhetoric about "law and order" targeted at a very conservative audience, the cynic in me can't help but wonder if a lot of these pardons are to detract from or excuse the pardons for cronies.

logicchains 6y ago
>But AFAIK, Trump hasn't done anything to address these while in power https://www.npr.org/2018/12/17/676771335/how-trump-went-from-tough-on-crime-to-second-chance-for-felons https://www.npr.org/2018/12/17/676771335/how-trump-went-from...
- GordonS 6y ago
  It's not very convincing: "Trump's endorsement of the Senate's First Step Act stands in stark contrast to some of the rhetoric he has employed while in office" "Trump, too, at times has argued that drug dealers are not punished enough" "He has even talked about wanting to utilize the death penalty against drug traffickers" (yikes!!!) And then there is the executive order that Trump made targetting BLM protesters, where damaging a federal building can lead to up to 10 years in prison, and he spraffed at length about coming down hard on them. Funnily enough, he wasn't saying anything like this about the Capitol Hill rioters... I think one of Trump's biggest flaws (if we put aside megalomania), is that he wants to be loved by everyone - I always got the impression he'd say anything to anyone if he thought it would get them on side, regardless of whether he actually believed it.