Obama Grants Commutations to More Federal Inmates With Gun Offenses

By Jenn Jacques

President Obama continues to be a champion of criminals, granting clemency to 72 more federal inmates this past Friday.

“What President Obama has done for commutations is unprecedented in the modern era,” said White House Counsel Neil Eggleston.

Eggleston posted the announcement via the White House blog Friday, praising Obama’s leniency toward convicted felons:

Following last Thursday’s grant of 98 commutations, today, President Obama granted commutation to another 72 federal inmates. In just an eight-day period, the President has issued two rounds of grants, totaling 170 commutations. With today’s grants, the President has now commuted the sentences of 944 individuals, including 324 life sentences.

Of the 72 convicted felons to receive commuted sentences, 8 were convicted of firearms offenses including carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, felon in possession and illegal possession of firearm by felon.

Obama has granted clemency to more convicted felons than any other president in history and plans on granting even more commutations before he leaves the White House in January.

The convicted felons serving sentences with firearms offenses are:

Monica Lorraine Amaker – Bluefield, W.Va.

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