President Obama Just Commuted The Sentences Of 58 People. Here Are Their Names.
Source: Washington Post
President Obama commuted the sentences of 58 inmates Thursday as part of his ongoing initiative to release federal prisoners who have received severe mandatory sentences for non-violent drug offenses.
With this latest round of commutations, Obama has granted clemency to a total 306 inmates, 110 of whom were serving life sentences. Obama has said he will continue granting commutations during his final months in office to inmates who meet certain criteria set out by the Justice Department.
Of the inmates granted clemency Thursday, 18 had been sentenced to life without parole. One was Fulton Wash Washington, of Compton, California, who was convicted on PCP charges. At his sentencing, the judge lamented that harsh mandatory minimum sentences were not meant for offenders like Washington, but he had not choice. His daughter, who is 31, was 10 years old when Washington was sent to prison for the rest of his life.
I was able to tell both Wash and his daughter today that he is coming home., said attorney James E. Felman. His daughter just broke down and started screaming and crying with hysteria. Its just unbelievable. Im still in tears.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/05/05/here-are-the-58-people-whose-sentences-president-obama-just-commuted/
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)"good" people.
I didnt think I needed this
scscholar
(2,902 posts)Dog whistle!
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)Response to Purveyor (Original post)
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closeupready
(29,503 posts)Obama really is, in his heart, a compassionate guy. K&R
drm604
(16,230 posts)What, other than compassion, would lead him to do this?
Chakab
(1,727 posts)and why did he deport more people than every President in the 20th century combined?
https://www.propublica.org/article/obama-has-granted-clemency-more-rarely-than-any-modern-president
http://fusion.net/story/252637/obama-has-deported-more-immigrants-than-any-other-president-now-hes-running-up-the-score/
maxsolomon
(33,475 posts)Trying not to rile 'em too much so shit can get done. Didn't work, of course, because they're crazy.
He does what is politically inevitable when he feels it is advantageous. He's a politician.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)to them?
Half the country still thinks that he's been "soft on illegals" in spite of the fact that he's deported undocumented immigrants in record numbers, even for trivial reasons.
Sorry, but consistently shitting on your base and governing in the opposite direction of what you've campaigned on without anything to show for it is terrible politics.
Any Republican POTUS with the same record as Obama on the aforementioned issues would never be called "compassionate" on this forum. They'd be savaged for their record 24/7.
maxsolomon
(33,475 posts)I told him not to bother, but he didn't listen.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)clearly not about "reaching out." He actually believes this shit.
The guy isn't the least bit "progressive" or "compassionate."
maxsolomon
(33,475 posts)He's cool in other ways - like at Science Fairs.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Redwoods Red
(137 posts)Hekate
(91,055 posts)...the perpetually outraged at all things Democratic and/or Obama to acknowledge.
mountain grammy
(26,677 posts)Was just looking for that article.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)higher.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)agree he was unjustly imprisoned. No compassion there.
Redwoods Red
(137 posts)A couple of years ago, Holder urged drug war prisoners to seek commutations, and thousands have done so, but there seem to be bottlenecks in the Office of the Pardon Attorney. I hope they get that fixed.
drm604
(16,230 posts)Hopefully the backlog can eventually be cleared out. I just wish that there was a way to push the states to do something similar.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)By releasing the estimated 120k federal non-violent drug offenders, stopping the war on drugs and legalizing MJ amongst other actions.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)commutations?
Redwoods Red
(137 posts)IronLionZion
(45,680 posts)NBachers
(17,192 posts)Chakab
(1,727 posts)the President's "brand."
maxsolomon
(33,475 posts)should have come after his re-election though.
Maybe Obama thinks we have a chance to flip Alabama?
ReRe
(10,597 posts)Reter
(2,188 posts)Trump wins by 20 there.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)AmBlue
(3,134 posts)My thought as well.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)kacekwl
(7,028 posts)with Don ?
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)blondie58
(2,570 posts)Son Siegelman.
chervilant
(8,267 posts)chknltl
(10,558 posts)OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)Why is former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman not on this list?
He was framed by Karl Rove and a Bush-appointed US attorney.
Free Don Siegelman!!!!
http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2016/05/former-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-is.html
tymorial
(3,433 posts)chknltl
(10,558 posts)WTF!
ladjf
(17,320 posts)It was bad enough that Siegelman was not pardoned at the beginning of Obama's term. But it's far worse that he was not Pardoned at the end of the term.
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)a full Clinton pardon for the email scandal.
Reter
(2,188 posts)But I don't think she will be.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Pastiche423
(15,406 posts)The only question I would want to ask Obama is, Why haven't you commuted Don's sentence?
So disappointing.
CountAllVotes
(20,884 posts)Sad to say the least.