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In final act as president, Obama commutes 330 drug sentences
foxnews.com ^ | 1/19/17 | ap

Posted on 01/19/2017 12:49:55 PM PST by ColdOne

WASHINGTON – In a last major act as president, Barack Obama cut short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes on Thursday, bringing his bid to correct what he's called a systematic injustice to a climactic close.

With his final offer of clemency, Obama brought his total number of commutations granted to 1,715, more than any other president in U.S. history, the White House said. During his presidency Obama ordered free 568 inmates who had been sentenced to life in prison.

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To: doorgunner69
The bastard certainly has a soft spot for drug dealers.

His drug dealers. I'm only surprised that he was serviced by so many...

21 posted on 01/19/2017 12:58:22 PM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: ColdOne

He is just ensuring his income stream now that he is out of work again. 330 more that owe a brother...


22 posted on 01/19/2017 12:59:24 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: angcat

BOLO
Noah Robinson
Half brother to Jesse Jackson and relative of Michelle Obama
Doing life for his involvement with the muslim street Gang that controlled the community Obama organized.


23 posted on 01/19/2017 12:59:48 PM PST by hoosiermama (It is time to believe in the future: Time to believe in each other: Time to believe in AMERICA ! DT)
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To: ColdOne

24 posted on 01/19/2017 1:00:01 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hillary Clinton IS a felon)
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To: ColdOne

25 posted on 01/19/2017 1:00:06 PM PST by doug from upland (Are we dreaming or is Hillary finally really gone?)
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To: ColdOne

He’s got time on the clock for a Hell Mary....................


26 posted on 01/19/2017 1:00:24 PM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?............)
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To: ColdOne
That's the sound of the men working on the Choom Gang.
27 posted on 01/19/2017 1:00:41 PM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: ColdOne

I don’t think he’s finished yet.

Scary


28 posted on 01/19/2017 1:01:27 PM PST by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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To: dp0622

I don’t know where to watch them.

Do you have any idea how much money was spent to bring those guys to trial, prove the cases against them, and finally get them sent off to prison?

For those 1,700 or so people Obama has pardoned, we may be talking $100 million to $500 million or more.

Think of the untold damage these guys were responsible for.

You don’t get sent to prison for life, for steal cup-cakes.


29 posted on 01/19/2017 1:01:29 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Obama, Clinton, McStain, and Graham, with people like this, who needs enemies?)
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To: DoughtyOne

Maybe he would be willing to introduce his daughters to these fine, upstanding victims of an unjust system?


30 posted on 01/19/2017 1:02:15 PM PST by fhayek
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To: ColdOne

tomorrow he pardons hillary


31 posted on 01/19/2017 1:03:12 PM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: ColdOne

The good bye FART.

the final one.....the final WH breakfast...the final oh crap yep that too.


32 posted on 01/19/2017 1:03:47 PM PST by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: ColdOne

The good bye FART.

the final one.....the final WH breakfast...the final oh crap yep that too.


33 posted on 01/19/2017 1:03:47 PM PST by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: fhayek

He sure doesn’t mind other people’s daughters having to face them on the streets.


34 posted on 01/19/2017 1:04:42 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Obama, Clinton, McStain, and Graham, with people like this, who needs enemies?)
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To: ColdOne

He’s still got hours to go.


35 posted on 01/19/2017 1:05:04 PM PST by Washi (Google "the long march through the institutions" to see how the left is waging their revolution)
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To: ColdOne

Will Obama leave Hillary to ultimately face accountability for her criminal acts without a pardon?

Or will he grant a pre-emptive pardon, marking her forever as one guilty of criminal acts and needing a presidential pardon to protect her from prosecution?


36 posted on 01/19/2017 1:06:05 PM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: fhayek

Shows where this POS’s priorities are huh?


37 posted on 01/19/2017 1:06:08 PM PST by bicyclerepair
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To: DoughtyOne

There will be statistics.

Someone will report on them. The public will yawn.

Except for those who become their victims and their families.

Just like the illegals driving all over the country.


38 posted on 01/19/2017 1:06:13 PM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: ColdOne

Those criminals will be killed within months. It is their nature to do stupid things to make it happen.


39 posted on 01/19/2017 1:08:16 PM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: ColdOne

The clear issue is that many of these prisoners pleaded to much lesser charges in their trials that resulted in their long sentences. You don’t get life for a baggie of pot.

I’m concerned that these cases are being reviewed in such a shallow fashion (like most things 0bama has done) based upon the typical ideological symbolism that some intensely bad dudes are being let out.

So in typical 0bama fashion, we get to pay for the law enforcement that captured these guys, the trial, the court-appointed lawyer, the imprisonment, pensions for everyone involved, and now we can repeat the whole thing as very non-trivial numbers of them re-offend. 1271 pardons granted, I think it’s safe to say 50 murders will be committed in 3 years.


40 posted on 01/19/2017 1:10:09 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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