President Barack Obama issued a record amount of commutations on Wednesday, and over 50 of them had firearms violations. Of the 214 commutations issued by Obama, 56, or about a quarter of the total commutations, had firearms violations on their record in conjunction with a drug trafficking or carrying a firearm as a felon, which is […]
Obama Commutes The Sentences Of 61 Drug Criminals
March 30, 2016 by
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 61 inmates Wednesday, all of whom were drug offenders. Obama has now commuted the sentences of 248 criminals — more than the last six presidents combined. Commutation does not wipe away a conviction as a pardon does, but instead shortens an inmate’s sentence. Most of those receiving a […]