Justice Department to release 6,000 inmates from federal prisons beginning Oct. 30, is this a good thing?

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 10:14:21 -0400

The U.S. Sentencing Commission decided in July 2014 that close to 50,000 federal inmates locked up on drug charges would be eligible for reduced sentences. The new sentencing guidelines took effect on Nov. 1, 2014. Is this a positive step forward in more humane drug sentencing? Or are we bending to a more progressive ideology with regard to marijuana and drugs in general?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/07/justice-department-to-release-6000-inmates-from-federal-prisons-beginning-oct/?intcmp=hpbt3

Justice Department to release 6,000 inmates from federal prisons beginning Oct. 30

The Justice Department will release some 6,000 inmates from federal prisons beginning at the end of the month as part of new sentencing guidelines for drug crimes put in last year, a federal law enforcement official confirmed Tuesday to Fox New