I'm Investing in Crack Pipes

If certain retroactive sentencing changes are enacted, an estimated 20,000 federal prisoners could serve shortened sentences for their crack cocaine offenses. All joking aside, I think this is a step in the right direction for eliminating racial disparities in federal drug sentencing. I really don't see the value of keeping someone encarcerated simply because they have used a certain drug; once they have served a reasonable sentence and have been given the opportunity to undergo treatment that should be the end of it. We use valuable federal resources - prison space and tax dollars - to keep these people locked up for lenghty prison sentences.

Here's hoping the changes go into effect and that our criminal justice system can spend its time pursuing those more deserving of scrutiny... like this Barry Bonds fellow.