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Re:Barack Obama commuted sentences of more than 1,000 in pri... by endswapper on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @04:39PM (#13017908)
This is a step in the right direction. The war on drugs is an abject failure. I'd like to see him commute everyone that qualifies, i.e. non-violent, excessive sentences, etc. before he leaves office.
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Re:Barack Obama commuted sentences of more than 1,000 in pri... by jackfrodo on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @05:10PM (#13018122)
Right. A step. I'd imagine that a good number of these should have been pardons. For example. There are over 11,000 people in federal prison for marijuana offenses[0]. Unbelievable.

[0] https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/dofp12.pdf

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