Black People Politics : Obama commutes sentences for 46; presses for justice changes

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

In the Spirit of Freedom,


Making his total 89, more since L B Johnson.



Obama commutes sentences for 46; presses for justice changes


WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling America "a nation of second chances," President Barack Obama cut the prison sentences of 46 non-violent drug offenders on Monday in what the White House hopes will be just one prong of a broader push to make the criminal justice system fairer while saving the government money ...

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-commutes-sentences-46-convicts-165111278.html


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[KMeister]

This is a good thing. Presidents often do this toward the last year or so of their second term. It's one of our checks and balances principles. Many of the people receiving pardons have been in prison for at least 10 years. Their prison records are not wiped out.

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

This is a good thing. Presidents often do this toward the last year or so of their second term. It's one of our checks and balances principles. Many of the people receiving pardons have been in prison for at least 10 years. Their prison records are not wiped out.

Outside of Mr. Obama, can you name other presidents that acted in their first term?


"... During Mr. Obama’s first term, he exercised his clemency powers three times, issuing a total of 22 pardons and one commutation. He also denied 1,019 applications for a pardon and 3,793 applications for commutation ..."

Obama Pardons 17 Felons, First in His Second Term
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/us/politics/obama-pardons-17-felons-first-in-his-second-term.html

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[KMeister]

Outside of Mr. Obama, can you name other presidents that acted in their first term?


"... During Mr. Obama’s first term, he exercised his clemency powers three times, issuing a total of 22 pardons and one commutation. He also denied 1,019 applications for a pardon and 3,793 applications for commutation ..."

Obama Pardons 17 Felons, First in His Second Term
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/us/politics/obama-pardons-17-felons-first-in-his-second-term.html

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Jimmy Carter pardoned all men who had avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. The only ones who did not receive the pardons were deserters.This pardon was issued the day after Carter's inauguration. (Destee, we have got to get a spell checker on this site.)

It appears first term presidential pardons do occur quite frequently. For example:

But none of these recent presidents comes close to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the use of pardon power. He granted about 600 pardons and commutations by the end of his first term, and about 2,800 over the course of his historic 12 years in office (1933-1945) before the two-term limit went into effect.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...a-stingy-on-pardons-says-clemency-expert?lite

One of the most famous pardons of all was President Gerald Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon about one month after after Ford took the oath of office.

Here's a list of presidents and how many pardons they issued. It doesn't state how many pardons they granted in their first term. However, 10 presidents only served one term so they count. Also, if you look at those presidents who issued over a thousand pardons one can assume they granted some during their first term.
http://www.infoplease.com/us/government/presidential-pardons-1789-present.html

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Good deal ... glad to see you've reversed from your earlier shallow generalizations:

This is a good thing. Presidents often do this toward the last year or so of their second term. It's one of our checks and balances principles. Many of the people receiving pardons have been in prison for at least 10 years. Their prison records are not wiped out.

KMeister, Yesterday at 7:24 PM​

Good job, KMeister.

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It appears first term presidential pardons do occur quite frequently. For example:

Jimmy Carter pardoned all men who had avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. The only ones who did not receive the pardons were deserters.This pardon was issued the day after Carter's inauguration. (Destee, we have got to get a spell checker on this site.)


But none of these recent presidents comes close to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the use of pardon power. He granted about 600 pardons and commutations by the end of his first term, and about 2,800 over the course of his historic 12 years in office (1933-1945) before the two-term limit went into effect.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...a-stingy-on-pardons-says-clemency-expert?lite

One of the most famous pardons of all was President Gerald Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon about one month after after Ford took the oath of office.

Here's a list of presidents and how many pardons they issued. It doesn't state how many pardons they granted in their first term. However, 10 presidents only served one term so they count. Also, if you look at those presidents who issued over a thousand pardons one can assume they granted some during their first term.
http://www.infoplease.com/us/government/presidential-pardons-1789-present.html