Obama commutes Clarence Aaron's sentence.

[Drunken Irishman]

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/obama-rights-decades-old-injustice

Clarence Aaron, a non-violent drug offender sentenced to three life terms, will finally be freed after twenty years behind bars.

Along with seven other people serving time for non-violent drug offenses, President Obama commuted Aaron’s sentence on Thursday, after a two-decade long imprisonment that might have ended sooner if not for a federal official mismanaging his case.

[angstlessk]

1. Did you see the poll at the end of that article

Do you think President Obama will grant clemency at a higher rate in the remainder of his term?

646 votes
Yes
No
I don’t know

I want to know where the "I Hope So' link is?

[Drunken Irishman]

2. No one seems to care when Pres. Obama does something right...

But dammit if we'll pile on and attack when he does something we don't like.

:/

[nomorenomore08]

3. And then they'll probably say, "Well he's *supposed* to do that anyway!"

But of all the positive things Obama has done, how many would President McCain or Romney have done? Not many, I would think...

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Romney would have probably commuted, posthumously, Ken Lay's sentence.

[mfcorey1]

6. Put on your tin foil hat. I believe he is still alive with a new face and identity. eom

[ProSense]

5. Why Obama’s commutations matter

Why Obama’s commutations matter
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-obamas-commutations-matter

[Cha]

10. Thanks for that analysis from Benen, PS

[KamaAina]

7. *cough*Don Siegelman*cough*

[RC]

12. What's with the coughing fit?

Put it on bill boards. Don Siegelman is another political prisoner, because they can.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

8. good!

This officially declares that the conservative culture of excessive punishment for "the lower classes" is wrong.

[Cha]

9. Wow.. this is a really good start. Thanks Obama!

Irish

[Logical]

11. Thank you President Obama! n-t

[indepat]

13. If only our Constitution proscribed "cruel and unusual" punishment, there would have been no need

for a presidential pardon in this instance.