03/07/2016
https://www.congress.gov...
"We have a system now that is so broken that it has nothing to do with the ideals we hail of liberty and justice."
"Overwhelmingly, we imprison the poor. Overwhelmingly, we imprison the mentally ill. Overwhelmingly, we imprison the addicted."
"We have defined ourselves as the greatest civilization in all of humanity for locking up its own people disproportionately for non-violent drug crimes."
"If you are black in America, you are almost four times more likely to be arrested for using marijuana."