Obama commutes sentences for 72 inmates
Source: The Hill
By Jordan Fabian - 11/04/16 01:00 PM EDT
President Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 72 inmates, the latest sign he is accelerating his clemency push during his final months in office.
It was the second time in the past eight days the White House announced that a large group of mostly non-violent drug offenders will be released from federal prison. The two batches totaled 170 inmates.
In total, 944 people have had their sentences cut short by Obama — more than the last 11 presidents combined — with 760 receiving commutations this year alone.
“What President Obama has done for commutations is unprecedented in the modern era,” White House counsel Neil Eggleston wrote in a blog post.
-snip-
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/304343-obama-commutes-sentences-for-72-inmates
= new reply since forum marked as read
