President Obama announced that he was commuting the sentences of 61 federal drug offenders on Wednesday—even as thousands of inmates’ petitions seeking clemency remain outstanding. Almost all of the ...

President Barack Obama made a commitment to use his clemency authority through the remainder of his time in office, and on Thursday he honored that commitment by granting another 98 commutations.

President Obama commuted the sentences of 46 nonviolent drug offenders today, including 14 who had been sentenced to life in prison. It was a long-awaited move for a president who before this year ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama commuted the federal prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday including more than a third serving life sentences, working to give new energy to calls for ...

Wednesday’s commutations by President Obama, which brings his total number to 562, represent the most granted by a president in a single day since at least 1900, according to the White House blog.

President Barack Obama surpassed the 1,000 mark for commutations granted during his presidency on Tuesday after shortening sentences for 79 people. Obama has been granting commutations at rapid-fire ...

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama granted commutations for an additional 111 federal inmates, bringing the total number of grants offered up to 325 in the month of August alone—the largest number of ...