All good point here, but the bigger issue is that most of these people are in Federal prisons for offenses that never should have been considered Federal crimes in the first place.
I remember all the hours we spent in 18th Century American History class discussing how the Founders IMMMEDIATELY appointed dozens of full-time Federal prosecutors in every jurisdiction, and how plea bargaining was one of the big subjects of the Federalist/Anti-Federalist papers.
Or not...
Screw the Federal government and its phony "Laws For The Little People".
Re: “Most of these people are in Federal prisons for offenses that never should have been considered Federal crimes in the first place.”
In that case, Trump should have pardoned them or commuted their sentences months ago.
Why should the Democrats get any political credit since Trump can correct every injustice without them?