The children of the TripleFARTers are no longer incarcerated. Still, stories like this one must make them feel all warm and gooey.
November 29, 2016
Advocates to Obama: Commute prison sentences before it's too late
By Lydia Wheeler
TheHill.com
Criminal justice reform advocates on Tuesday sent a public letter to President Obama detailing the steps that they say he should take to grant more clemencies before leaving office.
“While your administration continues to review individual petitions, we urge you to also determine that nonviolent offenders in certain extremely low-risk categories either deserve expedited review or should be granted clemency absent an individualized review,” said the letter, which was signed by high-profile advocates like CNN commentator Van Jones and the musician John Legend.
“With time running short on your time in office, these steps would be a way for you to deliver lasting change for thousands of deserving individuals and their families.”
During his second term, Obama has ramped up his use of clemency power to free prisoners serving lengthy sentences handed down during the government's war on drugs.
The president has commuted the sentences of more than 1,000 federal inmates, more than the last 11 presidents combined.
But advocates are urging him to go further, urging Obama to consider commuting the sentences of all the people who did not get the benefit of retroactivity under the Fair Sentencing Act in 2010, including those who filed late or did not file for clemency.
They also asked for consideration for people serving time for drug charges other than crack, who demonstrated good behavior and worked their way down to low-level prison camps or medium security facilities.
Special priority, they said, should also be given to veterans and older individuals.
“With a stroke of your pen, you could change the lives of thousands of individuals and their families and write a legacy that will stand throughout history,” the letter said.
“The Constitution envisions precisely this kind of corrective against undue severity in the law."
Advocates also concerned that President-elect Donald Trump, who ran on a law-and-order platform, could scale back or eliminate the clemency program altogether.
“We do not know whether the next president will support clemency efforts or criminal justice reform,” they wrote to Obama. “But we do know that until January 20, you alone have the power to deliver both mercy and justice to those who deserve it.”
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/307831-advocates-to-obama-commute-prison-sentences-before-its-too-late
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