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2016
Presidential Pardons in 2016
Oct. 5, 2016, 6 p.m.
Oct. 5, 2016, 6 p.m.
On Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016, President Obama granted clemency, forgiveness of a sentence, to 214 incarcerated individuals, 67 of which were serving life sentences in federal penitentiaries. This raises some questions about what clemency actually entails. Clemency, under the US Constitution, allows the President to grant pardons and commutations to federal prisoners.
