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Obama Commutes Sentences of 111 Federal Prisoners

HeadlineAug 31, 2016

President Obama has commuted the sentences of 111 prisoners serving time for low-level drug offenses. Among those whose sentences will be shortened is Tim Tyler, who was serving a life sentence for possessing LSD while following around the Grateful Dead in his early twenties. In total, Obama has commuted the sentences of 673 prisoners—more than any recent president. There are more than 190,000 federal prisoners currently imprisoned across the United States.

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