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  • Obama Commuted Evans Ray’s Life Sentence; Now Ray Wants to Help Others Like Himself

    Evans Ray knew he’d made a horrible mistake when he was caught distributing some 60 grams of crack cocaine. He also didn’t believe that the punishment should have been life in prison. But two prior low-level drug convictions ensured that in 2004, Ray would get the max with no possibility of parole. Even the judge…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • President Obama Grants Another 98 Commutations for October

    President Barack Obama made a commitment to use his clemency authority through the remainder of his time in office, and on Thursday he honored that commitment by granting another 98 commutations. Combined with the 102 commutations he granted at the beginning of October, that brings his total for the month to 200, and his total…

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    Monique Judge

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  • President Obama Grants 111 Additional Commutations 

    On Tuesday, President Barack Obama granted commutations for an additional 111 federal inmates, bringing the total number of grants offered up to 325 in the month of August alone—the largest number of commutations ever granted by a president in a single month, the White House reports. Earlier this month, the president had granted more commutations in…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • President Barack Obama Commutes Sentences for 214 Federal Inmates 

    President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 214 federal prisoners Wednesday, granting the most commutations in a single day in more than a century, Time reports. According to the White House, Obama has now officially commuted the sentences of 562 men and women “incarcerated under outdated and unduly harsh sentencing laws, including 197 individuals who…

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    Breanna Edwards

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