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Obama shortens terms for 214 prisoners; 67 had life sentence
AP ^

Posted on 08/03/2016 11:04:58 AM PDT by marthemaria

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is cutting short the sentences of 214 federal inmates, including 67 serving life sentences.

The White House says it's the largest batch of commutations on a single day in more than a century. Almost all the prisoners were serving time for nonviolent drug offenses.

The commutations bring to 562 the total number of sentences Obama has shortened. The White House says that's more than the past nine presidents combined. Almost 200 of those who have benefited were serving life sentences.

White House counsel Neil Eggleston says Obama will continue granting clemency to more inmates during the final months of his presidency. He says those receiving commutations were imprisoned under antiquated, overly harsh sentencing laws

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: commutation; commutations; drug; drugoffenses; drugs; obama; prison; prisoners; terms; thugocracy
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1 posted on 08/03/2016 11:04:58 AM PDT by marthemaria
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To: marthemaria

This is just the beginning


2 posted on 08/03/2016 11:06:10 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: marthemaria

They had life sentences for a reason, Obama, the Puke.


3 posted on 08/03/2016 11:07:00 AM PDT by madison10 (#NeverHillary)
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To: marthemaria

Trump needs to be all over this.


4 posted on 08/03/2016 11:07:43 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: marthemaria

Yep...and they would have us believe Trump is nuts?


5 posted on 08/03/2016 11:10:24 AM PDT by Leep (Cut the crap!)
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To: marthemaria

Just guessing:

A few will be the Obama Targeted Politically Motivated/Paid For Releases. The rest are just cover.

We need to do a little digging in the sand for the stuff that flies leave.

And, of course, it could be that more than a few have been paid for.


7 posted on 08/03/2016 11:12:19 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you should have endorsed. Big mistake.)
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To: marthemaria

I’m fine with it. This scum will end up in some urban rat-hole and will resume their careers dealing drugs and killing their own I do not give a hoot in Hell what the murder rate is in Chicago, Detroit, Philly, Atlanta, wherever.


8 posted on 08/03/2016 11:12:24 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: Leep

Excellent point.


9 posted on 08/03/2016 11:13:32 AM PDT by Zarro (JAIL CONGRESS!)
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To: marthemaria

Pandering to the thug community.


10 posted on 08/03/2016 11:13:35 AM PDT by dasboot
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To: marthemaria

Any word on what percentage are “of color”?


11 posted on 08/03/2016 11:14:12 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rat Party,try as it might,just isn't very good at hiding what it *truly* is.)
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To: DCBryan1

That is what he is doing, pushing decent Americans to end up rebelling and not all that peaceful.


12 posted on 08/03/2016 11:14:12 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: marthemaria

205 of them have either Mohammed or X as part off their name?


13 posted on 08/03/2016 11:14:23 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: rdl6989

Yes, Trump, read off the names and crimes of the worst ones. Obama subverting our legal system AGAIN!

Let’s not put Hillary in prison until AFTER obama is gone.


14 posted on 08/03/2016 11:16:32 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill TWITTER !! Kill FACEBOOK !! Free MILO !!)
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To: marthemaria

Will they murder on his command, like those
he imported?

Where is one (1) human being in DC?

Sodom was judged in such times and ways.


15 posted on 08/03/2016 11:16:51 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: TTFlyer

I expect he will also pardon Hilly, Bubba, and every moslem in Guantanamo et al...

I don’t often even ever abbreviate foul language - but I will now make an exception ~ FUBO!!


16 posted on 08/03/2016 11:17:38 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson))
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To: marthemaria

Guilty as hell,free as a bird!"

17 posted on 08/03/2016 11:18:33 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rat Party,try as it might,just isn't very good at hiding what it *truly* is.)
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To: marthemaria

Between this and the Iran payoff, it’s no wonder the media smears are in overdrive against Trump this week. With Trump stories dominating the news feeds, there’s no room to cover these atrocities.


18 posted on 08/03/2016 11:19:18 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: Gay State Conservative

Or those from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Florida?


19 posted on 08/03/2016 11:19:52 AM PDT by WilliamCooper1
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To: marthemaria

Maybe the tax savings can be diverted to victim/ witness program funding?

More jobs for soft-science and education college degree holders looking to sign up for the loan forgiveness program for government service.

Growing communism like a farmer.


20 posted on 08/03/2016 11:23:07 AM PDT by dasboot
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