Thursday, December 18, 2014

President Barack Obama commutes sentences for 8 drug inmates

President Barack Obama commutes sentences for 8 drug inmates | Daily Mail Online:

Obama commutes sentences for 8 drug inmates and pardons a dozen more federal convicts – not including the three spies set free in Cuba deal

  • President picked low-level drug offenders whose sentences would have been shorter if they were punished today
  • New clemency guidelines originally brought few requests out of the woodwork so the DOJ ordered officials to encourage people to apply
  • News was little-reported because it came as the White House announced the release of three Cuban spies as part of a prisoner swap with Castro

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