Obama's clemency grant largest since the 1960s

[Blue_Tires]

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Source: USA today

WASHINGTON — President Obama granted clemency Monday to 46 men and women who faced decades in prison for non-violent, drug offenses, part of an overall effort to address sentencing disparities nationwide.

"Their punishments didn't fit the crime, and if they had been sentenced under today's laws, nearly all of them would have already served their time," Obama said in an announcement video posted on the White House website.

The 46 commutations — the most granted by a president in a single day since at least the Lyndon Johnson administration of the 1960s — all involved drug crimes, mostly cocaine trafficking.

The prisoners will all be released by Nov. 10.

In the video message, Obama said the people whose sentences he commuted were not "hardened criminals," but "the overwhelming majority had been sentenced to at least 20 years," while 14 of them received life sentences for non-violent drug offenses.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/07/13/obama-clemency-46-men-and-women-facebook/30086127/

[RandySF]

1. Prediction

Obama will do something big on marijuana (not HIGH on it) before he walks away from the Oval Office.

[Cha]

2. thank you, President Obama! "Obama's clemency grant largest since the 1960s"

Mahalo BT~

[merrily]

3. This is a GOOD thing. I hope he grants more.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Obama gets shit done.

[Cha]

5. that he does, DI

[Scootaloo]

6. Cool!

Anything he can do for Don Siegelman?

[merrily]

7. In addition to things other posters have said, colleges believe diversity, including geographical

diversity, even within the United States, is a plus. I don't know enough about it to agree or disagree.

[sheshe2]

8. Thank you President Obama.

Sure, all that shit about the parties are just the same. Bull.

Go PBO!

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. That's the guy I voted for. TWICE!

[RandySF]

10. I think we're going to see a lot more toward the end.

I think he'll get bolder over the next year and, when the 2016 election si over, we'll see a blizzard of action.

[Tarheel_Dem]

12. There's a new freedom about him, and I don't give a crap about accusations of "legacy shopping".

This is the reason we voted for him. If it adds to his legacy, then so be it, but he's improving the lives of people.

[montana_hazeleyes]

11. I love this!

[Tarheel_Dem]

13. +1

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Now watch FOX "News" ask: Obama's mass release of cocaine dealers - Is your family at risk?

[JDPriestly]

15. What about Don Siegleman?

[TexasTowelie]

16. Locking thread.

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