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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In February, one of President Donald Trump’s guests at the State of the Union, Matthew Charles, received a standing ovation from both Democrats and Republicans because of his extraordinary rehabilitation.

Charles served 21 years in federal prison without a single disciplinary infraction, yet he would have been forced to spend nearly an additional decade behind bars had Congress not passed the First Step Act.

The truth is that every day, all across the country, many state and federal prisoners are actively rehabilitating themselves as Charles did, through education, religious commitment, substance abuse treatment or behavioral counseling. Others simply needed time to grow up or realize the error of their ways. Unlike Charles, however, most of these individuals do not get released early. And thousands of them are serving excessive sentences, usually due to mandatory minimum sentencing laws, including three-strikes and habitual-offender laws. About a quarter of the federal prison population is serving a sentence of at least 15 years without any chance for parole.[/quote]

Hmmmm….did he rape and murder people. Please finish the story. We are all listening .[/quote]

He spent more than two decades in federal prison for selling crack cocaine.  One could easily argue that's the equivalent of putting a gun to someone's head as he basically was responsible for dozens of people ending up dead and no doubt hundreds of others ended up destitute as a result of his "entrepreneurship".  One could also argue that he was an accomplice to who knows how many violent crimes as no doubt some of the crackheads he gave fixes to ended up committing numerous assaults, robberies, rapes, and possibly even murders.    [/quote]

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