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The Obama administration’s clearly constitutional path to clemency

WHEN PRESIDENT Obama commuted the punishments of eight federal inmates last year, he railed against the excesses of an older criminal sentencing system “now recognized as unjust.” Surely, then, more than eight prisoners deserved a second look. This week, finally, the administration made clear that many more federal prisoners will get one. [read the full story here]

Washington Post, Sunday, April 27, 2014
Tags: Correctional Policy & Decision-Making, Federal
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