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July 14, 2015

Obama Commutes Sentences of 46 Drug Offenders 
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President Obama has granted clemency to 46 prisoners, including 14 who
faced life without parole, more than doubling the number of sentences
he's commuted since taking office. Many of the commutations went to
crack offenders. We'll have more on Obama's push for prison reform later
in the broadcast.

 

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