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  • Obama Commutes Sentence of Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera

    After over 35 years in federal prison on charges of conspiracy and sedition, political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, 73, will be released on May 17, 2017, thanks to an 11th hour commutation by President Barack Obama, El Nuevo Dia reports. Here is the commuted sentence of Oscar Lopez Rivera pic.twitter.com/urHeuFPyhT — lucas vazquez (@Lukesvazquez) January…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • Native American Activist and Prisoner Leonard Peltier Asks Obama for Clemency

    In 1977 Native American activist Leonard Peltier was put behind bars, where he has remained in federal custody ever since, for the murder of two FBI agents. But he hasn’t given up on being released: A petition for clemency was sent to the White House in late March, according to the New York Daily News.…

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    The Root Staff

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