If elected president next year, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said that he would immediately exercise his powers to grant clemency to an estimated 17,000 individuals serving time in federal prison for nonviolent drug offenses—more than half of whom would be people with marijuana-related convictions. The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate unveiled his “Restorative Justice Initiative” on … Continue reading Cory Booker Unveils Plan To Commute Sentences For Thousands Of Drug War Prisoners