After being convicted of multiple counts of rape and sentenced to 30 years in prison, Alabama’s Austin Smith Clem is scheduled to spend exactly ZERO days behind bars, after the judge in the case unilaterally decided to reduce Clem’s sentence to probation, counseling and community service.

In a country that’s gone mad for mandatory minimums, condemning non-violent drug offenders to life sentences and decrying “activist” judges for being “soft on crime,” how could such a thing happen? In Alabama, of all places?

In this segment our panel discusses this case and the very real problems it exposes involving sentencing disparities, slut shaming, female reproductive autonomy and white privilege.

Host: Ana Kasparian
Panel:
Jody David Armour: Law Professor – University of Southern California Law School
Priscilla Ocen: Law Professor – Loyola University Law School of Los Angeles
Diane Lefer: Author, Playwright, Prisoners’ Rights Activist

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