Justice Department Readies for Unprecedented Campaign to Grant Clemency to Nonviolent Offenders

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration is anticipating thousands of clemency requests from federal inmates imprisoned for drug offenses. The Washington Post reports that the clemencies are part of an unprecedented campaign to create more equity in criminal sentencing by freeing some nonviolent offenders. The initiative will last two years and will involve dozens of…

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