Obama commutes sentences of 102 inmates

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

By Jordan Fabian - 10/06/16 04:07 PM EDT

President Obama on Thursday commuted the sentences of 102 inmates, the White House announced.

Obama has commuted the sentences of 744 individuals, more than the past 11 presidents combined, according to the White House. Thursday’s announcement brings the total number granted this year alone to 590.

The latest round of commutations is part of the Obama administration’s effort to free prisoners serving lengthy sentences doled out during the government’s war on drugs.

With just three months left in office, Obama is accelerating the use of his clemency power. Obama in August handed out commutations to 325 inmates — including 214 on Aug. 3, the largest single-day total since 1900. That alone nearly doubled the number of commutations granted during Obama’s presidency.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/299681-obama-commutes-sentences-of-inmates

[mahannah]

1. Leonard Peltier ?

[msanthrope]

3. Never. nt

[Judi Lynn]

11. God knows he never should have been there in the first place. He should be released immediately. n/t

[msanthrope]

19. Had he not run, he would have been acquitted, like his codefendants.

Choosing to run was not smart.

[lsewpershad]

14. Yes,

Don and Oscar Lopez (PR)

[Wibly]

2. Leonard Peltier?

Why not?

[msanthrope]

4. Never. nt

[marble falls]

15. I agree.

[maxsolomon]

5. Because Obama is releasing Drug War convicts

Not people convicted of 2 counts of 1st degree murder of LEOs - as fair or unfair as Peltier's trial may have been.

[Borchkins]

6. Don Siegelman?

[NBachers]

10. Don Siegelman

[maxsolomon]

16. Siegelman was convicted in his State

not in a Federal Court - Obama does not have jurisdiction to commute or pardon.

The GOP will make him do the full stretch if they can.

[Hulk]

7. Would love to hear the stories of these persons...

Just saying. I know the reich wing is going to fling shit and howl at the moon, but I'd like to learn about what these people have been convicted of, and what their sentences were.

Is there a site where we might go to find this stuff out?

[martigras]

8. Please let Don Siegelman be one of them!

This poor man and his family have suffered enough.

[trof]

9. Please, please.

[Judi Lynn]

12. Unspeakable political crime against this man. He should have never been charged. n/t

[maxsolomon]

17. See my reply #16

he's going to continue to suffer.

[Stellar]

13. K&R

[Skittles]

18. excellent

the war on drugs was a lot of bullshit, much of it very racist

[RayStar]

20. THANKS

Thank you Mr. Obama.