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August 31, 2016

Obama Commutes Sentences of 111 Federal Prisoners
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President Obama has commuted the sentences of 111 prisoners serving time
for low-level drug offenses. Among those whose sentences will be
shortened is Tim Tyler, who was serving a life sentence for possessing
LSD while following around the Grateful Dead in his early twenties. In
total, Obama has commuted the sentences of 673 prisoners-more than any
recent president. There are more than 190,000 federal prisoners
currently imprisoned across the United States.


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