In this episode, Christopher Johnson examines how changes in the law took discretion away from judges. Rather than being able to take into account the human in front of them, judges were now required to use ridged formulas to calculate sentences. Hear from a judge who regrets having sent hundreds of people to prison on charges proscribed by harsh drug laws, and find out how she is undoing some of those sentences.
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