HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes, the greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day by any president, the White House said Monday. Four of the commutations and two of the pardons have Maryland connections.
Obama has been granting commutations at rapid-fire pace in his final months in office, but he has focused primarily on shortening sentences of those convicted of drug offenses rather than giving pardons.
A pardon amounts to forgiveness of a crime that removes restrictions on the right to vote, hold state or local office, or sit on a jury. The pardon also lessens the stigma arising from the conviction. The pardons issued Monday were for a wide range of offenses, such as possession of counterfeit currency, felon in possession of a firearm and involuntary manslaughter. One Tennessee man was pardoned after being dismissed from the military in 1990 for conduct unbecoming an officer (shoplifting.)
Neil Eggleston, Obama's White House counsel, said Obama has now pardoned a total of 148 people during his presidency. He has also shortened the sentences of 1,176 people, including 395 serving life sentences.
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No amount of pardons or reductions in time will amount to forgiveness nor pardon his purposeful acts for the destruction, poverty and terrorism he has done to the millions of people in this Country.
ReplyDeleteGuess he is saving Hillary ,Huma ,Weiner and more for Last !!!!
ReplyDeleteThe really big pardon will come on the final hour of his presidency. He will pardon Hillary for any and all crimes she MAY HAVE committed while Secretary of State. That can & will be done, as was done by Gerald Ford with ex-president Richard Nixon. Nixon was pardoned for all crimes that he may have committed while in office, effectively voiding any charges Congress was contemplating after he left office to avoid Impeachment.
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