Cyntoia Brown has been granted clemency!! She will be eligible for release August 7th on time served and will stay on parole for 10 years. Brown was “abandoned, abused , and exploited” at the age of 16. “This decision comes after careful consideration of what is a tragic and complex case,” Governor Bill Haslam’s , said. […]
In his final day in the White House, President Barack Obama commutated sentences for 330 drug prisoners. The outgoing president has now issued 1,715 commutations.
President Obama commuted the prison sentences of 79 inmates on Tuesday, upholding his pledge to release non-violent and low-level, drug offenders, The Hill reports.
President Obama is being urged to make good on his promise to grant clemency to thousands of non-violent drug offenders serving life sentences in prison.
