7 years ago
Obama grants 231 individuals clemency setting the single-day record
On Monday, President Barack Obama pardoned 78 people and commuted the sentences of 153 others, setting a single-day record for the use of presidential clemency power. With 32 days left in his administration, he’s pardoned a total of 148 prisoners and commuted the sentences of 1,176 federal inmates. However, the president has not addressed a backlog of clemency cases at the Office of the Pardon Attorney where 1,937 pardon petitions remain pending...
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