Obama clemency drug defendants

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Obama Grants Clemency For Drug Offenders Including Four Who Were Set To Die Behind Bars

Now, Obama’s actions seems like direct promotion of drug usage and spreading.

I think, that many people, will see, that government can’t punish them hard and number of drug-crimes will increase!

Wanna stop crimes – punish seriously!

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Deputy Attorney General James Cole said in a statement that the eight people granted clemency on Wednesday were "sentenced under outdated and unfair laws" and that all of them met the criteria of the clemency initiative that was announced back in April. The program aims to decrease lengthy sentences for non-violent drug offenders and shrink the country's surging prison population.

Each of the eight individuals, Cole said, are "non-violent, low-level offenders who have no significant criminal history nor ties to gangs or organized crime." They have all served at least 10 years in prison already, and have behaved well while behind bars, he added.

Additionally, Obama granted pardons to 12 individuals convicted of possessing an unregistered distilling apparatus, manufacturing marijuana, violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act and other charges.

I happened to hear an interview with a judge whose voice broke when he talked about having no choice but to sentence non-violent defendants to life.

This is exactly the right thing to do. Punishment should fit the crime.

Thank you, Mr President.

 

[Moonglow]

Deputy Attorney General James Cole said in a statement that the eight people granted clemency on Wednesday were "sentenced under outdated and unfair laws" and that all of them met the criteria of the clemency initiative that was announced back in April. The program aims to decrease lengthy sentences for non-violent drug offenders and shrink the country's surging prison population.

Each of the eight individuals, Cole said, are "non-violent, low-level offenders who have no significant criminal history nor ties to gangs or organized crime." They have all served at least 10 years in prison already, and have behaved well while behind bars, he added.

Additionally, Obama granted pardons to 12 individuals convicted of possessing an unregistered distilling apparatus, manufacturing marijuana, violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act and other charges.

I happened to hear an interview with a judge whose voice broke when he talked about having no choice but to sentence non-violent defendants to life.

This is exactly the right thing to do. Punishment should fit the crime.

Thank you, Mr President.

I agree that many terms of punishment are cruel and unusual...

 

[Katzndogz]

If these people got a life sentence they committed more than a low level drug offense.