Lunatic Obama has now shortened more jail terms than his 11 predecessors PUT TOGETHER

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[h=1]Obama reaches 1,000 commuted prison sentences: President has now shortened more jail terms than his 11 predecessors PUT TOGETHER[/h]

• Obama reached the landmark for his presidency on Tuesday
• He shortened the prison terms for 79 offenders around the country
• In final months of his administration, he has handed them out constantly
• A significant portion of the prisoners had been serving life sentences
• President-elect Donald Trump has slammed Obama's calls for clemency

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 20:22, 22 November 2016 | UPDATED: 00:39, 23 November 2016

 

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President Barack Obama surpassed the 1,000 mark for commutations granted during his presidency on Tuesday after shortening sentences for 79 people.
Obama has been granting commutations at rapid-fire pace in his final months in office.
All told, he's commuted more sentences than the past 11 presidents combined, the White House said.
Most of those who have received clemency are nonviolent drug offenders, though many were also convicted of firearms violations related to drug crimes.
A significant portion had been serving life sentences.

 

[superbeets]

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President Barack Obama surpassed the 1,000 mark for commutations granted during his presidency on Tuesday after shortening sentences for 79 people. He has now commuted more prison sentences than his last 11 predecessors combined

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A graph released by the White House shows the staggering difference in the number of sentences Obama has shortened in comparison to past presidents

'It makes no sense for a nonviolent drug offender to be serving decades, or sometimes life, in prison,' Obama wrote in a Facebook post. 'That's not serving taxpayers, and it's not serving the public safety.'
Yet Obama's call for clemency has run into opposition from some corners, including from President-elect Donald Trump. Though Obama is expected to grant more commutations in his final weeks, officials acknowledged a large number of applications will be pending when Obama leaves office.
That means it will be up to Trump's administration to decide whether to grant or reject them, said Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.
Trump, during the campaign, warned Americans that their safety could be at risk because of Obama's move to set prisoners free ahead of schedule. That critique fits into Trump's broader call for restoring 'law and order' in the U.S. and cracking down on crime.

 

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'Some of these people are bad dudes,' Trump said in October after another batch of Obama commutations. He said those individuals were out 'walking the streets,' and added, 'Sleep tight, folks.'
Not all of those receiving commutations will be set free right away. Some will see their sentences end in 2017 or 2018 — long after Obama leaves office — and in some cases on the condition they participate in drug treatment programs.
Shauna Barry-Scott of Ohio said her experience of having her sentence shortened in 2015 was surreal. She described her initial reaction as 'shock, overwhelming joy, fear of the unknown.'
'I had to pinch myself,' said Norman Brown, a Maryland man whose life sentence for cocaine distribution Obama commuted last year. He said after lawyers informed him of the decision, he sat speechless for three minutes as he absorbed what it would mean to have a second chance.

 

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Obama's bid to lessen the burden on nonviolent offenders reflects his long-stated view that decades of onerous sentencing requirements put tens of thousands behind bars for far too long. He has used the aggressive pace of his commutations to increase pressure on Congress to pass a broader fix while using his executive powers to address individual cases where possible.
Though both parties in Congress have called for a criminal justice overhaul, momentum has petered out, creating dim prospects for a legislative breakthrough in the near future.
Obama has been calling for years for phasing out strict sentences for drug offenses, arguing they lead to excessive punishment and incarceration rates unseen in other developed countries. With his support, the Justice Department in recent years directed prosecutors to rein in the use of harsh mandatory minimums.
The Obama administration has also expanded criteria for inmates applying for clemency, prioritizing nonviolent offenders who have behaved well in prison, aren't closely tied to gangs and would have received shorter sentences if they had been convicted a few years later.

 

[jamesbong]

Wow. Pretty visually compelling graph. I can't imagine the justification.

 

[MantisToboggan]

Wow. Pretty visually compelling graph. I can't imagine the justification.

It's pretty simple. Packing our prisons with non-violent drug offenders is a net negative.

 

[Acebb]

It's pretty simple. Packing our prisons with non-violent drug offenders is a net negative.

Thankfully America's prisons are not packed with non-violent drug offenders.

And:

[h=1]Obama’s forgiveness of gun crimes amid push for controls ‘incredible hypocrisy’[/h]

 

[MantisToboggan]

Thankfully America's prisons are not packed with non-violent drug offenders.

And:

Obama’s forgiveness of gun crimes amid push for controls ‘incredible hypocrisy’

Let me rephrase, overcrowding is an issue in US prisons and non-violent drug offenders being released helps, but does not solve, the problem. We good now, Ace?

 

[GasMan]

Obama sucks

 

[BZ]

Lunatic for releasing non-violent drug offenders that cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year...right.

 

[Acebb]

Lunatic for releasing non-violent drug offenders that cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year...right.

The problem is, he's released at least 47 people with violent records who also had drug crime convictions.

You like people who have 2 violent crime felony convictions going free because they also had a drug conviction?

 

[GasMan]

BZ is a twisted liberal ass clown with no clue about real life. Almost as bad as the other liberals on here.

 

[BZ]

BZ is a twisted liberal ass clown with no clue about real life. Almost as bad as the other liberals on here.

How did you get to be so intelligent Gas Man? Your knowledge is overwhelming at times............................

 

[GasMan]

How did you get to be so intelligent Gas Man? Your knowledge is overwhelming at times............................

Absolutely. It all began in kindergarten when I was in 2nd grade math and reading.

 

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