From WaPo: “President Obama commuted the sentences of 61 inmates Wednesday, part of his ongoing effort to give relief to prisoners who were harshly sentenced in the nation’s war on drugs.” There are more than 9,100 clemency petitions still pending. So these are babysteps. But in the war on drugs, even babysteps in the right direction are worth noting.

+ Did you know that law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year?