UNDERNEWS: Obama grants record clemencies

August 6, 2016

Obama grants record clemencies

Democracy Now

The White House says it is the largest number of prisoners granted clemency on a single day in at least the last 100 years. Almost all of those released had been convicted of nonviolent drug crimes.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: After his near eight years of putting record numbers of folks behind bars, this is hardly enough.
A sloppy bit of show business meant to persuade the teeming masses that Barry's wasn't such a nightmare after all---it's good to be the king, PULL*.

*apologies to Mel Brookes; August 7, 2016 at 1:31 PM
Jenefer Ellingston said...: Now that they are pardoned' ... how many weeks before they are released?; August 7, 2016 at 5:32 PM

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