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Jan 05

Why Obama’s last-minute pardons probably won’t include Manning, Bergdahl or Snowden

By Josh Lederman and Eric Tucker, Associated Press

President Barack Obama is planning at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office in two weeks, but don't expect many famous offenders to make the list.

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Dec 19

Obama pardons 78 people, shortens the sentence for another 153

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The White House said this was the greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day by any president.

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Aug 30

111 will be freed under Obama’s latest commutation of nonviolent drug offenders

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

With Tuesday's additions, President Obama has granted the greatest number of commutations for a single month of any president.

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Aug 03

President Obama shortens sentences for 214 federal prisoners

By Josh Lederman, Associated Press

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.

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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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