Subject: Re: Essay on Criminal Justice Reform for Brennan Center
From: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Cc: Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:06:25 +0000

Thanks John, will check on that.
Appreciate the quick read.
Dan

From: John Podesta <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Friday, March 27, 2015 at 8:56 AM
To: Dan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Re: Essay on Criminal Justice Reform for Brennan Center

Kind of platitudinous but no problems jump out at me. The Mandela riff is strong and useable for further occasions. Have you fact checked that one, for any Brian Williams exaggerations? Although this is not my policy strong suit, I think the new divide on sentencing reform is whether changes will only be prospective or can in some ways apply to the current incarcerated population. I think that is what is separating Durbin-Lee-Leahy from Grassley. If that's right, you may want to lean in on the Durbin side with a sentence. If you have time, it's worth checking in with Brian Fallon on that.

JP
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On Mar 26, 2015, at 7:25 PM, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Thank you!

From: John Podesta <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:24 PM
To: Dan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Re: Essay on Criminal Justice Reform for Brennan Center

Yup.

On Mar 26, 2015 3:42 PM, "Dan Schwerin" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
John, some time ago we agreed to adapt HRC's December RFK speech into an essay for a forthcoming collection on criminal justice reform being published by Michael Waldman and the Brennan Center (my understanding is that several Republican presidential candidates are also submitting essays).  HRC asked that we layer in some of her other relevant comments and past positions, which we've done, while keeping close to the original so that it doesn't seem like a new official pronouncement.  Would you like to take a look before we ship it back to Brennan?
Dan

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