Not a decline in support on the part of the American people. but a decline in support on the part of this administration and a decline in support in the part of the judiciary. I read with some dismay where two New York Federal judges are now saying they are going to refuse to take drug cases because they oppose mandatory minimum sentencing. In fact. one of the judges talks about how dismayed he was at having to give a 46month sentence in a drug case to a West African immigrant. The judge was depressed at being a party to the cruelty connected with the war on drugs. One of the things I have tried to doand like every other Member of the Congress weekly I get a petition or a letter from my constituents telling me that they think I ought to intervene on behalf of some poor person who is caught somewhere in the criminal justice system. that I ought to seek a pardon for them or I ought to seek some review of their case.
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