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(12,482 posts) Mon Apr 21, 2014, 12:38 PM Apr 2014

Obama Plans Clemency for Hundreds of non-violent Drug Offenders [View all]

Now, in his final years in office, Obama has trained his sights on prisoners like Scrivner, and wants to use his previously dormant pardon power as part of a larger strategy to restore fairness to the criminal-justice system. A senior administration official tells Yahoo News the president could grant clemency to "hundreds, perhaps thousands" of people locked up for nonviolent drug crimes by the time he leaves office — a stunning number that hasn't been seen since Gerald Ford extended amnesty to Vietnam draft dodgers in the 1970s.

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-plans-clemency-for-hundreds-of-drug-offenders--162714911.html

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Obama Plans Clemency for Hundreds of non-violent Drug Offenders [View all] arely staircase Apr 2014 OP

Now if you would only take the... ret5hd Apr 2014 #1

I just posted a much smaller section. I don't know what happened. nt arely staircase Apr 2014 #2

Just giving you some sh*t. No prob. ret5hd Apr 2014 #4

:-) NT arely staircase Apr 2014 #7

k&r... spanone Apr 2014 #3

Awesome Tsiyu Apr 2014 #5

absolutely. best part is that even though the headline says hendred arely staircase Apr 2014 #8

good move! G_j Apr 2014 #6

Good. Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #9

President Obama to Pardon/Commute "Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands" of Nonviolent Drug Offenders ProSense Apr 2014 #10

thanks arely staircase Apr 2014 #11

Excellent. Lots of female prisoners will benefit. nt msanthrope Apr 2014 #12

Thanks Obama! Thank you, arely~ Cha Apr 2014 #13

If it's true, then he is my favorite president since Kennedy. Vattel Apr 2014 #14

Reschedule pot nt IronLionZion Apr 2014 #15