Quick thread: I spent 18 yrs at DOJ. My friends prosecuted @KevinARing - a guy who looked like someone I’d be friends with, who didn’t live far from me. My other friend was 1 of Kevin’s defense lawyers. Kevin went to prison. Later in my DOJ yrs, /1 usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
When @EricHolder was the AG and I worked for the DAG, I learned about the disparate affect that mandatory minimums have on the African American community. I am so impressed that @KevinARing is using his prison experience to raise awareness on an issue that has to be pushed not /2
Just by the African American community but by everyone - including white men - in order to make real progress on criminal justice reform. Mass incarceration & mandatory minimum sentences cost American taxpayers billions of $$ a year, often for non-violent drug offenses. Kevin /3
Is using his voice - as is @SallyQYates based on her piece last night - to talk about the unfairness of those laws and policies. Democrats must be leading the charge on this for the day when we are back in a position to do more in D.C. /END @FAMMFoundation
