Harvard Law Review: Advancing Criminal Justice Reform
How we treat citizens who make mistakes (even serious mistakes), pay their debt to society, and deserve a second chance reflects who we are as a people and reveals a lot about our character and commitment to our founding principles. And how we police our communities and the kinds of problems we ask our criminal justice system to solve can have a profound impact on the extent of trust in law enforcement and significant implications for public safety.
http://harvardlawreview.org/2017/01/the-presidents-role-in-advancing-criminal-justice-reform/
Yeah what they said!!
But the president cannot force states to change their laws. And that is what is badly needed in Florida and other overly punitive states.