Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Purezidhendi Barack Obama akarayira kuti vatengesi vemirimo 22 vasunungurwe - kubatanidza vasere avo vakanga vachipika mitongo youpenyu hwose. Vanodokuva vose vaiti vezvakaipa avo Obama akapa ngoni vakanga vapomerwa mhaka yokutengesa zvinodhaka zvakaoma zvinopinda muropa zvakadai secrack cocaine, methamphetamine uye heroin. Vasere vaavo vane mitongo yakashandurwa - chiito icho White House yakati chinopfuuridzira nhamburiko yaObama yokuita kuti gadziriro yeruramisiro ive yakarurama zvikuru - vakanga vachishandira mitongo youpenyu mutorongo. Kuedza uku kwakanangana nekuderedza mitongo yakaoma kune avo vakatarisana nemitemo isina basa panguva yavakapiwa mutongo uye vaizenge vachishandira mitongo mipfupi kudai vakapiwa mhosva nhasi. VaBarack Obama vakapa ruregerero kuvapari vemhosva dzemishonga makumi maviri nevaviri avo vakatongerwa pasi pemitemo yechinyakare. Muna December, VaObama vakapa mutemo wavo wokutanga wokuderedza mirango pasi pemitemo mitsva yakatangwa kuti ideredze mari nokuderedza nhamba yevasungwa iri kuwedzera uye kupa rusununguko kuvapari vemhosva dzezvinodhaka vasina chisimba vakatongerwa makore akawanda vari kure nevanhu. Kuderedza mhosva kunosiya mhosva yacho iripo uye kunogumisa chirango chacho. Neil Eggleston, gweta reWhite House, akati vazhinji vevanhu 22 vane mitongo yemubatanidzwa ichapfupikiswa nechiito chaVaObama vangadai vakatopedza nguva yavo uye vakabhadhara chikwereti chavo kunzanga dai vakatongerwa pasi pemitemo nemitemo iripo. 'Nokuti vazhinji vakatongerwa pasi pechirongwa chechinyakare chokutonga, vakatongerwa makore - mune zvimwe zviitiko anopfuura makore gumi - akareba kupfuura vanhu vakatongerwa mhosva imwe chete nhasi,' VaEggleston vakadaro mupositi paWhite House blog. Vanhu 22 ava, avo vane mitongo yavo ichaguma musi waJuly 28, vakatongerwa pakati pa1992 na2006. VaEggleston vakati kuderedzwa kwezuva reChipiri kunosimbisa kuzvipira kwaVaObama 'kushandisa zvishandiso zvose zvaanazvo kuunza kururamisira kukuru uye kuenzana kugadziriro yedu yeruramisiro.' VaObama zvino vakabvumira kutapudzwa kwezviitiko 43 mumakore anopfuura matanhatu vari muhofisi. VaEggleston vakacherechedza kuti mutangiri waObama, George W. Bush, akanga achinja mitongo 11 mukati memigariro yake miviri....
Vasungwa vasere vakapiwa ngoni vari kupika upenyu hwose mujeri. Vakaiswa mutorongo nokuda kwemhosva dzinosanganisira kuparadzirwa kwecocaine, meth neheroin. Kuedza kwacho kwakanangana nemitongo yakapiwa maererano nemirayiridzo yechinyakare. Obama akabvumidza kuchinjwa kwemhosva 43 mumakore matanhatu ari muhofisi.