Posted on 12/18/2014 4:08:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of eight federal drug defendants on Wednesday, including four who were set to die in federal prison, as part of a new initiative to reduce harsh sentences for nonviolent crimes.
Sidney Earl Johnson, Jr., Rickey Marcell McCall, Larry Nailor and Israel Abel Torres had received life sentences and were going to die behind bars. But now Obama has commuted their sentences and those of four others who were convicted of drug crimes, and all eight inmates will be released in 2015.
Obama has taken heat for not making full use of his clemency and pardoning powers, and the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney has similarly been criticized for the way it has handled cases. Obama has now commuted the sentences of 18 people, which a White House official noted was more than either President Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush commuted during their administrations.
Deputy Attorney General James Cole said in a statement that the eight people granted clemency on Wednesday were "sentenced under outdated and unfair laws"(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
“outdated and unfair laws”
laws with teeth need not apply ..BHO
WHO is giving Obama heat? The convicts?
After reading far too many of the Huff-Po comments, it’s not hard to see where all the insane people who were let out of the asylums went to.
Be ye not surprised ......the liberal MSM will see it as compassionate ....
What comes after $trillions? There has to be payment for the rest of their “ruined lives.”
What comes after $trillions? There has to be payment for the rest of their “ruined lives.”
elcid1970, there was a time when I thought your reply would not be tethered in reality.
That time is over.
Who ruined their lives?
There’s a lot of kvetching by conservatives on this site; cathartic but not good for much else.
Better to keep one’s counsel & take what steps that one can.
Both tyrants and criminals fear an armed citizenry.
Why do you ask? I thought that was a given. I didn’t think I needed to say that I was being sarcastic.
It was sarcasm back ....
Ping pong! Kool.
How do you get these past the ‘..not welcome here’ filter?
I have no idea. Not a techie.
Doing it for the Choom Gang!
Not to mention that poisoning someone can be termed a "non-violent" crime......
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