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ThefollowingeditorialappearedintheWashingtonPost.Lastyearwebroughtthewholecountrytogethertoachieveatrulymomentousmilestone.Theysaiditcouldn’tbedone."ThatwasPresidentDonaldTrumplastmonth,acceptinganawardforsigningintolawcriminal-justicereformthatallowsfortheearlyreleaseofprisoners.Achievingbipartisansupportforthelandmarklawwasindeedasignificantaccomplishment.ButtheawardwillproveprematureifTrumpcan’tgethisadministrationtosupportthelaw.

TheFirstStepAct,passednearlyayearago,wasthemostsignificantoverhaulofthefederaljusticesysteminageneration.Ithasledtothereleasefromprisonofmorethan3,000inmateswhowereservingharshsentencesforlow-levelandnonviolentcrimes.But,astheWashingtonPostreportedrecently,arifthasemergedbetweenWhiteHousesupportersofthebillandtheJusticeDepartment,whichnevermuchlikedthelegislationandisnowseekingtolimitthenumberofinmateswhocouldbenefitfromit.

Atissueisthedepartment’sinterpretationofasectionofthelaw:Insteadofdeterminingeligibilitybasedontheamountofcrackeaninmatewasconvictedofpossessing,prosecutorsaretoldtousetheamountthatcourtrecordssuggesttheymayhavehad,whichisoftenmuchlarger.JudgesrejectedtheJusticeDepartment’sreadingofthelawinthemajorityofcasesexaminedbyPostreporters,butsomehaveagreedwiththedepartment,andothershavewithheldjudgmentuntilappealscourtsdecidetheissue.

Hundredsofapplicationsforreleasehavebeenfrozen.Prosecutorsevenhavesoughttore-incarceratesomeinmateswhowerereleased.Trumphastalkedaboutfreeingcertaininmatesevenashisprosecutorsopposedtheirreleasesorwereappealingtojudgestolockthemupagain.Thepeoplethatdidthedeal,includingPresidentTrump,wantedtohelpguyslikeme,"

saidformerinmateGregoryAllen,whocelebratedhisreleasewithanonstagehugfromTrumpinApril.Butontheflipside,youhavefederalprosecutorswhowakeupeverydaytryingtokeepguyslikemelockedup."InenactingFirstStep,RepublicansandDemocratsunitedbehindthepropositionthatitisbothunjustandwasteful—oflivesandmoney—toconfineminorcriminalswhoposenothreat.

ThefactthatOklahoma,aredstatewithoneofthehighestincarcerationratesinthenation,releasedmorethan450inmateslastweekinthelargestsingle-daycommutationinthecountry’shistoryunderscoredthechangeinthinkingaboutcriminaljustice.

Trump,whohailedFirstStepasallowingforasecondstepandathirdact,"shoulddirecthismessagetotheJusticeDepartmentandurgethedepartmenttoupdateitsthinkingandimplementthisimportantlawasCongress,andthepresident,intended.