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portlander23

(2,078 posts)
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 11:41 AM Dec 2016

Obamas Grants of Clemency Top 1,300 in Effort to Address Justice System Problems

Obama’s Grants of Clemency Top 1,300 in Effort to Address Justice System Problems
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With just weeks left in the White House, President Obama has followed through on a promise to exercise his presidential powers for clemency. On Tuesday, he issued 78 pardons and 153 commutations—shortened sentences—to people convicted of low-level, nonviolent offenses.

By granting clemency to 231 individuals he determined would make use of a second chance, Obama racked up “the most individual acts of clemency granted in a single day by any president in this nation’s history,” according to the White House blog. In his eight years in office, the president has granted clemency to a total of 1,324 people.

Obama’s acts of clemency stem from “a belief that the sentencing system in the United States was used to lock up minor criminals—often minorities—for excessively long periods of time,” according to The New York Times.

Those pardoned are now law-abiding citizens who have made contributions to their communities, according to the White House blog. Going forward, their convictions will be cleared from their records.

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Obamas Grants of Clemency Top 1,300 in Effort to Address Justice System Problems (Original Post) portlander23 Dec 2016 OP
What about Don Sieglman (sp) onecaliberal Dec 2016 #1
Can you believe he still won't montanacowboy Dec 2016 #2
It's pretty unfuckingbelievable onecaliberal Dec 2016 #3

montanacowboy

(6,052 posts)
2. Can you believe he still won't
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 12:05 PM
Dec 2016

pardon this man? Unfucking believable

Maybe he hasn't put on his comfortable shoes yet

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