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Obama grants clemency to 231 inmates in one-day record
The Hill ^ | 12/19/2016 | Jordan Fabian

Posted on 12/19/2016 1:02:21 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

President Obama on Monday granted clemency to 231 federal inmates, the most in a single day by any president in U.S. history.

Obama commuted the prison sentences of 153 people and pardoned 78 others, a sign he is ramping up his use of clemency power during his final weeks in office.

The president has frequently doled out commutations as his final months in office wane. But he has seldom handed out pardons, which formally forgive prisoners for their crimes and restore certain rights. Commutations simply cut short their sentences.

With Monday’s grants, Obama has more than doubled the number of people he has pardoned as president, according to the White House, a number that now stands at 148. He has now commuted the sentences of 1,176 people, including 395 serving life sentences.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; clemency; inmates; obamaclemency; obamalegacy; obamapardon; scorchedearth
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Wait until 15 minutes before he walks out of his office for the last time. You know darn well he’s going to pardon Berghdahl


21 posted on 12/19/2016 1:19:19 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Responsibility2nd
Bammie is punishing America.

Sure looks like it.

22 posted on 12/19/2016 1:21:13 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: LouisianaJoanof Arc

“He is the ultimate racist. Always was.”

Big Ears Stompy Foot ALWAY had a MASSIVE racial chip on his shoulder.


23 posted on 12/19/2016 1:21:52 PM PST by Castigar
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To: stephenjohnbanker
They will rape, murder and deal narcotics once again.

And when they do and are indicted, Obama ought to be named as an unindicted co-conspirator.

24 posted on 12/19/2016 1:22:00 PM PST by omega4412
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To: Sacajaweau

I thought he was gay until I saw him practically feeling up Bergdahl’s mother as he walked along in between both parents.


25 posted on 12/19/2016 1:22:10 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Responsibility2nd

Within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested. Within five years of release, about three-quarters (76.6 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested. Of those prisoners who were rearrested, more than half (56.7 percent) were arrested by the end of the first year.

—Federal Bureau of Prisons, Jun 17, 2014


26 posted on 12/19/2016 1:22:27 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I bet they all converted to Islam in prison. More warriors on the street for his army.


27 posted on 12/19/2016 1:23:01 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Are any of the 231 white?


28 posted on 12/19/2016 1:23:41 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Why do we need a justice system at all?


29 posted on 12/19/2016 1:24:02 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Sacajaweau

And probably Joane(?) Chesimard. Possibly Mumua Whoverthe Hell he is.


30 posted on 12/19/2016 1:25:14 PM PST by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Safetgiver

Mumia Abu-Copkiller?


31 posted on 12/19/2016 1:28:59 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Which elector didn’t get clemency?


32 posted on 12/19/2016 1:29:46 PM PST by bIlluminati (Who is Horatio Bunce?)
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To: omega4412

Nope. He should be an INDICTED co-conspirator.


33 posted on 12/19/2016 1:32:23 PM PST by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: glasseye
mumia is in on PA state murder charges. Commander Zero can't let him out.

I have no doubt that he would if he could.

34 posted on 12/19/2016 1:36:38 PM PST by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
He ain't done yet.

Giving a big middle finger to America on his way out of our house.

35 posted on 12/19/2016 1:37:57 PM PST by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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To: Brilliant

> Why do we need a justice system at all?

We don’t have a justice system. We have a legal system without justice.


36 posted on 12/19/2016 1:42:10 PM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I’m all for it.


37 posted on 12/19/2016 1:47:30 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: omega4412; All

Trump should hold press meetings every week exposing all the evil Obama caused us over 8 years. THAT would finish him off in the public eye.


38 posted on 12/19/2016 1:49:44 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Responsibility2nd

what color were those exonerated????


39 posted on 12/19/2016 1:56:35 PM PST by terycarl
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I think there is already a body count of 3. A mother and her two daughters killed by one of Obama’s releases. Killed the mother (ex-girlfriend?) and the kids because they witnessed it.


40 posted on 12/19/2016 2:00:47 PM PST by Texan
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