Steve Cohen actually said...

The pursuit of law and order, the encouragement of redemption are not mutually exclusive pursuits. These are quintessential American values.

I noted that under the Obama administration, over 36,000 clemency and pardon petitions were submitted.

The human toll of excessive sentencing.

Clemency 2014 invited clemency petitions from Federal prisoners who had served substantial sentences for low-level nonviolent crimes.