Obama Pardons

From the BBC:

"Barack Obama cuts short jail sentences of 214 prisoners"

US President Barack Obama has cut short the jail sentences of 214 federal inmates, including 67 life sentences, in what officials say is the single biggest act of presidential clemency in more than 100 years. Most of those affected were guilty of non-violent crimes, many involving possession or distribution of drugs. The president has now made 562 commutations, officials say. He has authorised more than the previous nine presidents combined.  Almost all the prisoners were convicted for crimes related to cocaine, methamphetamine or other drugs. A few are in jail for firearms violations related to their drug activities. Almost all those affected are men, representing a diverse geographical cross-section of the US. Correspondents say that Mr Obama's drive to reduce the sentences of non-violent drug offenders as part of his clemency initiative reflects his long-held belief that the US needs to introduce less severe sentencing requirements.  The president is believed to have used the fast pace of his commutations to put pressure on Congress to address the sentencing issue. The sentences of most of those affected by the president's order will now end on 1 December, officials say.

^ This should not surprise anyone. We have seen Obama do things like this in both of his terms. You always hear that the country is in a drug crisis and in many states (like mine) they have a very strict protocol to prescribe pain medicine to those that desperately need it and yet here you have Obama shrug -off that crisis and rather than do something to aid the innocent people who are in extreme pain he of course decides to help the dealers. The only good thing I can think of about all of this is that come this January we will no longer have to deal with him or the many ways he finds to make the US not as great as it once was. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36971601