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Saturday, July 4, 2015

Obama Looking to Use his Clemency Authority

Obama Plans Broader Use of Clemency to Free Nonviolent Drug Offenders from the New York Times
"Sometime in the next few weeks, aides expect President Obama to issue orders freeing dozens of federal prisoners locked up on nonviolent drug offenses. With the stroke of his pen, he will probably commute more sentences at one time than any president has in nearly half a century."

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