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President Obama Issues His First Commutation of a Sentence

Posted on November 22, 2011 by pandwbarrett

With 1 year left on in his first term as president, President Obama issued his first commutation to a federal prisoner. Commutation of a sentence involves the reduction of legal penalties, especially in terms of imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, a …

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