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Obama Commutes Sentences of 46 Drug Offenders

HeadlineJul 14, 2015

President Obama has granted clemency to 46 prisoners, including 14 who faced life without parole, more than doubling the number of sentences he’s commuted since taking office. Many of the commutations went to crack offenders. We’ll have more on Obama’s push for prison reform later in the broadcast.

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