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Obama Plans Clemency for ‘Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands’ of People Sentenced for Drug Law Violations

Drug Policy Alliance: Positive Step, But Comprehensive Sentencing Reform Is Needed to Prevent More Mass Injustice

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2014. A White House official told Yahoothat President Obama is prepared to use his pardon power to grant clemency to “hundreds, perhaps thousands” of people who have been jailed for nonviolent drug crimes. The report said that the administration is making moves that will help it handle the increase in petitions that Mr. Obama is…

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