WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday cut short the sentences of 214 federal inmates, including 67 life sentences, in what the White House called the largest batch of commutations on a single day in more than a century.
Jul 05

Obama set to commute dozens of nonviolent drug sentences, aides say
By Daniel Costa-Roberts
Aides say President Barack Obama is set to commute the sentences of dozens of nonviolent federal drug offenders in the coming weeks…
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