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Obama commutes sentences for 214 federal prisoners
foxnews.com ^ | 8/3/16 | ap

Posted on 08/03/2016 12:40:16 PM PDT by ColdOne

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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Almost all the prisoners were serving time for nonviolent drug crimes, reflecting Obama's long-stated view that the U.S. needs to remedy the consequences of decades of sentencing requirements that put tens of thousands of Americans behind bars for far too long. Obama has pushed for a broader fix to criminal justice laws and has used the aggressive pace of his commutations in an effort to pressure Congress and call more attention to the issue.

All told, Obama has commuted 562 sentences during his presidency -- more than the past nine presidents combined, the White House said. Almost 200 of those who have benefited were serving life sentences.

"All of the individuals receiving commutation today -- incarcerated under outdated and unduly harsh sentencing laws -- embody the president's belief that `America is a nation of second chances,"' White House counsel Neil Eggleston wrote in a blog post.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: commutation; commutations; commutes; drug; drugcrimes; drugs; federal; obama; obamalawless; obamaprisoners; prisoners; sentences
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Just like all dictators. Release the prison inmates.
1 posted on 08/03/2016 12:40:16 PM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

ISIS also released the prisoners.


2 posted on 08/03/2016 12:41:04 PM PDT by sagar
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To: ColdOne

*** IN YOUR FACE, AMERICA ***


3 posted on 08/03/2016 12:42:08 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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... embody the president's belief that `America is a nation of second chances

Sounds about right. After all, obama is just about on his eight thousand four hundred twenty-ninth chance to get things right. /s

4 posted on 08/03/2016 12:44:00 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: EagleUSA
*** IN YOUR FACE, AMERICA ***

Right out of the Alinsky playbook. Expect a series of outrages from this scoundrel until he leaves office.

5 posted on 08/03/2016 12:44:15 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers. Enforce the Law. Build the Wall.)
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To: ColdOne

What % were white? Wouldn’t want to release a disproportionate amount of whites and be offensive to peepoe of color. /s


6 posted on 08/03/2016 12:44:15 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: ColdOne

Who let the inmates out...
who let the inmates out...
Who let the inmates out...


7 posted on 08/03/2016 12:46:03 PM PDT by seawolf101
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To: ColdOne

More comments here: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3456101/posts


8 posted on 08/03/2016 12:46:42 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: ColdOne

9 posted on 08/03/2016 12:47:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: ColdOne

We sure did waste a lot of money prosecuting those people. Why not just abolish the criminal justice system?


10 posted on 08/03/2016 12:51:22 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: ColdOne
No mystery. Following his announcement about protecting voting security, they'll need inner city precinct guards.


11 posted on 08/03/2016 12:52:18 PM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough)
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To: ColdOne

Trump should say that if he is elected, he will pardon those unjustly in prison for the nonviolent offenses levied against tax payers by the IRS. Many innocent citizens have had their homes and businesses invaded by government agents and their property and bank accounts wrongly taken by force. Those who are able to hire good lawyers may eventually get their property back at great legal expense. Those who can’t afford that cost are jailed. These are the ones, of every race and class, whom Trump should pledge to pardon.Their families would be so grateful.


12 posted on 08/03/2016 12:53:04 PM PDT by txrefugee
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Obama needs to become an uncommuted Federal prisoner.

In Guantanamo


13 posted on 08/03/2016 12:53:36 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: ColdOne

Who are these people and for what crimes were they convicted?


14 posted on 08/03/2016 12:55:20 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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his homies......


15 posted on 08/03/2016 12:55:46 PM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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Since ISIS and other terror and criminal organizations get much of their income from drug money, I suspect 0mama wants to ease impediments to their cash flow.

16 posted on 08/03/2016 12:56:21 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Let’s just say that not all of Obama’s time spent staring into a mirror is to admire his own reflection, hence his soft touch on drug offenders.


17 posted on 08/03/2016 12:58:05 PM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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To: ken in texas
...eight thousand four hundred twenty-ninth chance...

LOL

18 posted on 08/03/2016 12:58:08 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: ColdOne

Wait until December.


19 posted on 08/03/2016 12:58:12 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (This time it is serious.)
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To: ColdOne

Did he release Nadel Hasan the Fort Hood workplace violence shooter. Seems to me that Allah would tell Obama to release him


20 posted on 08/03/2016 12:59:30 PM PDT by ncfool ( We are in the United Socialist State of aMeriKa. The USSA)
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