For example, in a VICE Special Report, Bobby Reed, an inmate at El Reno Federal Prison in El Reno, OK is serving a life sentence without parole for a first time non-violent offence for conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute. ... " Although there have been attempts to reform our sentencing policies such as the Smarter Sentencing Act, a bill that would reform mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenders (Pye, Jason), only 15 states have implemented these reforms. ... It is fiscal gimmickry used to close budget gaps. ... For example, in the case of Darlene Loren...

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Take the example of the pre-World War I progressives were elitists too; they were sure in their convictions that expertise could improve the processes of government and that rational discussion would lead to an enlightened consensus that would promote social progress in the interests of all. ... Some of the Republicans goals were to also get emancipated slaves had little to do with either fashioning Reconstruction policy or its implementation involved. ... The farmers, specifically, were unhappy for four particular reasons: physical problems, social and intellectual concerns, economic diffic...

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