Decarceration Nation (with Josh And Joel)

Josh discusses clemency for Matthew Charles with Kevin Ring of FAMM. Thanks to The Crime Report for publishing my Op-Ed supporting passage of the First Step Act. Our new dedicated website is DecarcerationNation.com Kevin Ring is the President of Families Against Mandatory Minimums. As near as I can tell, this is the original Julietta Martinelli story from last December, she also wrote this article last week as Mr. Charles was returning to prison. The Career Offender sentencing guidelines (like the ones that forced Mr. Charles back to prison) are pernicious and are often very counterproductive. We all hope you will join us in signing "This Petition" for clemency/commutation for Mr. Matthew Charles. The first tweet in the amazing Twitter thread from Kevin Ring we discussed during this episode started with the linked tweet. You can read Mr. Pfaff's book "Locked In" or any of the articles quoting his recitation of the evidence proving that people "age out" of violent crime." Epi