AdvertisementFrom Judges To Inmates, Finding The Human Casualties Of Mandatory SentencingDecember 16, 2014Carrie JohnsonMarisa PeñalozafacebookEmailNPR's series looks at the human toll of mandatory minimum prison sentences. The White House and the Justice Department have taken the unprecedented step of asking for candidates who might win early release from prison through presidential pardons or commutations in the final years of the Obama presidency. (iStockphoto)