Summer Lee actually said...

the genesis of this hearing was absolute necessity, and the thousands that languish in prison in our Federal system that really warrant this...

the time is running. That many people fighting social ills were caught up in the criminal justice system.

the guiding post is that we must do something to reform the clemency and pardon process.

I hope that we will find as many facts as necessary to improve this process and to improve the criminal justice system.