President Obama promoting violent crimes and lawlessness.
One way Obama is fulfilling his stated goal to reform the U.S. criminal justice
system is by granting presidential pardons to prisoners.
On March 30, President Obama announced 61 grants of clemency to inmates.
More than a third of those prisoners were serving life sentences.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pres...marks-president-commutations-prison-sentences
Speaking at a luncheon with formerly incarcerated individuals, the president remarked:
I am going to continue to emphasize the importance of pardons and commutations
going forward. Today, we commuted 61 additional individuals who are deserving
and who I believe will be looking at the people sitting here at this table as models
and inspiration for what is possible in their lives. That will mean that, at this point,
I will have commuted [248] sentences, which is more than the previous six presidents
combined....But we’re not done, and we’re going to keep on working on this until I leave.
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On July 14, 2015, the day after he shortened the prison sentences of 46 people convicted
for nonviolent drug crimes, President Obama told the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (naacp) in Philadelphia that “the people in our prisons have made some
mistakes—and sometimes big mistakes.” But, he added, “they are also Americans.”
But giving more rights to the prisoners doesn’t only radically transform the justice
system, it drastically reshapes society! and [who] choices [who] to be reliesed ?
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The 248 sentences which Obama commuted include 91 life sentences.
[The rap sheets] of some of the prisoners pardoned by President Obama
https://www.justice.gov/pardon/obama-pardons
that include crimes such as possession with intent to distribute cocaine,
illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, [and using/carrying ]
a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
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At the naacp meeting, President Obama said:
By just about every measure, the life chances for black and Hispanic youth
still lag far behind those of their white peers. …
Part of this is a legacy of hundreds of years of slavery and segregation, and structural
inequalities that compounded over generations. It did not happen by accident. Partly
it’s a result of continuing, if sometimes more subtle, bigotry—whether in who gets
called backfor a job interview, or who gets suspended from school, or what
neighborhood you are able to rent an apartment in .…
[W]e can’t be satisfied … until the opportunity gap is closed for everybody in America.
Everybody. But today, I want to focus on one aspect of American life that remains particularly
skewed by race and by wealth, a source of inequity that has ripple effects on families and on
communities and ultimately on our nation—and that is our criminal justice system. …
[O]ur criminal justice system isn’t as smart as it should be. It’s not keeping us as safe
as it should be. It is not as fair as it should be. Mass incarceration makes our country
worse off, and we need to do something about it.
-
One way Obama is fulfilling his stated goal to reform the U.S. criminal justice
system is by granting presidential pardons to prisoners.
On March 30, President Obama announced 61 grants of clemency to inmates.
More than a third of those prisoners were serving life sentences.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pres...marks-president-commutations-prison-sentences
Speaking at a luncheon with formerly incarcerated individuals, the president remarked:
I am going to continue to emphasize the importance of pardons and commutations
going forward. Today, we commuted 61 additional individuals who are deserving
and who I believe will be looking at the people sitting here at this table as models
and inspiration for what is possible in their lives. That will mean that, at this point,
I will have commuted [248] sentences, which is more than the previous six presidents
combined....But we’re not done, and we’re going to keep on working on this until I leave.
-
On July 14, 2015, the day after he shortened the prison sentences of 46 people convicted
for nonviolent drug crimes, President Obama told the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (naacp) in Philadelphia that “the people in our prisons have made some
mistakes—and sometimes big mistakes.” But, he added, “they are also Americans.”
But giving more rights to the prisoners doesn’t only radically transform the justice
system, it drastically reshapes society! and [who] choices [who] to be reliesed ?
-
The 248 sentences which Obama commuted include 91 life sentences.
[The rap sheets] of some of the prisoners pardoned by President Obama
https://www.justice.gov/pardon/obama-pardons
that include crimes such as possession with intent to distribute cocaine,
illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, [and using/carrying ]
a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
-
At the naacp meeting, President Obama said:
By just about every measure, the life chances for black and Hispanic youth
still lag far behind those of their white peers. …
Part of this is a legacy of hundreds of years of slavery and segregation, and structural
inequalities that compounded over generations. It did not happen by accident. Partly
it’s a result of continuing, if sometimes more subtle, bigotry—whether in who gets
called backfor a job interview, or who gets suspended from school, or what
neighborhood you are able to rent an apartment in .…
[W]e can’t be satisfied … until the opportunity gap is closed for everybody in America.
Everybody. But today, I want to focus on one aspect of American life that remains particularly
skewed by race and by wealth, a source of inequity that has ripple effects on families and on
communities and ultimately on our nation—and that is our criminal justice system. …
[O]ur criminal justice system isn’t as smart as it should be. It’s not keeping us as safe
as it should be. It is not as fair as it should be. Mass incarceration makes our country
worse off, and we need to do something about it.
-