Did Barack Obama Pardon Non Violent Rug Dealers Or Drug Users

A popular meme confused pardons with commutations and spread an erroneous rumor about the former president.

Did barack obama pardon non violent rug dealers or drug users. Here is an up to date list of the 70 people pardoned by president barack obama and the offenses they were convicted of according to the u s. Gill 68 had been imprisoned in 1990 for for cocaine and heroin distribution before obama set him free along with other non violent federal inmates in 2015 the san antonio express news. In a last major act as president barack obama cut short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes on thursday bringing his bid to correct what he s called a systematic. I told barack obama about my frustrations with the pardon system bush wrote in his memoir.

History including a crack dealer who went onto murder 3 victims immediately after being released. Did barack obama pardon more than 330 criminals during his final week in office. See a list of president obama s 2016 pardons and sentence commutations. Surely some of these non violent drug offenders deserve treatment equal to a turkey pardon what the president does on the last day in office.

The obama administration has been commuting the sentences of non violent drug offenders in higher numbers than any recent president while criminal justice reform efforts are stalled by lawmakers. President barack obama granted 70 pardons during his two terms in office according to the united states department of justice records. Obama did not seriously focus on pardons and commutations until 2014 two years into his second term. Department of justice and the white house.