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pcosmar
12-19-2016, 09:30 PM
Obama grants 78 pre-Christmas pardons in last-minute clemency push
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/19/obama-grants-78-pre-christmas-pardons/95615810/


How do find out if I got one?

Created4
12-19-2016, 09:36 PM
This is one issue where I can support Obama.


President Obama granted 78 pardons and 153 commutations on Monday — a single-day record for the use of presidential clemency power as Obama engages in an historic end-of-term clemency surge.

With just 32 days left in office, Obama more than doubled the number of pardons he granted in the previous seven years.

And he continued his vigorous use of a lesser form of his clemency power, having now commuted the sentences of 1,176 federal prison inmates — mostly for long, mandatory-minimum drug sentences imposed during a war on drugs waged over the past three decades.

Full Article (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/19/obama-grants-78-pre-christmas-pardons/95615810/).

euphemia
12-19-2016, 09:40 PM
I hope Trump will show the same political courage Lamar Alexander showed back in 1977 or so when he took the oath of office early to prevent then-governor Ray Blanton's pardons from moving forward. It was a huge deal, again, including Fred Thompson, who represented Marie Ragghianti (later played by Sissy Spacek in the movie Marie.)

pcosmar
12-19-2016, 09:57 PM
Did a search.. nada

That would be a nice yet unexpected surprise.