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Obama shortens prison sentences of 111 convicts - White House
Reuters ^ | 8/30/16 | Staff

Posted on 08/30/2016 2:42:24 PM PDT by Nachum

WASHINGTON, Aug 30 - U.S. President Barack Obama shortened the prison sentences of 111 convicts serving time for drug-related offenses in his second round of clemency grants this month, the White House said on Tuesday. Obama has now granted a total of 673 commutations during his presidency, more than the number granted by the 10 previous presidents combined, as he seeks to reform the criminal justice system, it said. For some of the convicts, the commutations mean they will serve only half of their original prison sentences. For instance, Sly Stallone Aikens of South Carolina, serving a sentence of 36

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To: upchuck

His final slap in the face to our police forces and this country that he so proudly wanted to fundamentally change.


41 posted on 08/30/2016 5:37:35 PM PDT by Swede Girl
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To: DoughtyOne

His worthless grifter family is very wealthy. They will pay to be OK. Everyone else will be screwed.


42 posted on 08/30/2016 8:17:27 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Edward.Fish

Thanks for straightening that all out. I thought Jesus likes our help here on earth.


43 posted on 08/30/2016 9:16:13 PM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: Nachum; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; Travis McGee; ...

At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son

The biggest killer of mankind

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...


44 posted on 08/31/2016 6:40:49 AM PDT by null and void (Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
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To: null and void

That last graphic is true but sickens me


45 posted on 08/31/2016 9:31:03 AM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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46 posted on 08/31/2016 2:17:06 PM PDT by LucyT
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