President Barack Obama granted 79 more commutations Tuesday, bringing his total to more than 1,000 during his time in office, the Washington Post reports. Suggested Reading Strange New Details Emerge ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — President Obama commuted the sentences of 61 prisoners on Wednesday, part of an effort to more aggressively use the commutation power and call for changes to sentencing laws, particularly ...

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 ...

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 ...

An attorney for Chelsea Manning expressed his gratitude and excitement following the news that President Obama had commuted the sentence of the former Army soldier. During an interview with MSNBC host ...

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama granted 330 commutations, the White House announced Thursday, the most commutations given in a single day by a US president. The announcement comes within 24 hours of ...

While Obama may be stuck riding out the remainder of his presidency as a lame duck, there are still some things within his power. Obama exercised that power today by granting an unprecedented number ...