John Conyers actually said...

"The attack on judicial discretion suggests that Congress, or the Commission, who know nothing about the offense or the circumstances surrounding it, or prosecutors, who play an adversarial role in adm..."

"This is an important discussion and I am glad we have a variety of former lawyers, prosecutor and others thrown in here--judges."

"Prepared Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, and Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary."

"The racial factor in the American criminal justice system, which is pretty critical and is still pretty large."