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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrived to his arraignment in New York in 2019.
Analysis January 19, 2021
Trump’s Pardons Show The Process Has Always Been Broken
Donald Trump’s volatile approach to granting clemency epitomizes a system that many have long hoped to change.
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Michelle Miles, a first-time nonviolent drug offender, received a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years in prison. She served 19 years before receiving clemency from President Barack Obama on May 5, 2016.
Commentary December 13, 2017
What It's Like to Get Clemency — One Year Later
Catching up with Obama’s clemency recipients.
Jonathan Perri
Neil Eggleston, who served as White House counsel from April 2014 until the end of President Barack Obama’s second term.
Q&A February 14, 2017
The Man Who Ran Obama's Clemency Machine
“He felt strongly that this was a gift, and the gift had to be earned.”
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President Barack Obama met in 2016 with a group of people whose prison sentences had been commuted.
Commentary January 26, 2017
Inside the Clemency Lottery
The difference between the freed and the left-behind was often luck.
Sean Nuttall
News January 18, 2017
How Obama Disappointed on the Death Penalty
Two commutations this week was less than many had hoped for.
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Baltimore police walk near a mural depicting Freddie Gray.
News November 9, 2016
What Trump’s Win Means for Chicago and Baltimore’s Cops
The president-elect may soon upend an Obama-era police reform tactic.
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Analysis September 26, 2016
Who is ICE Deporting?
Obama’s promise to focus on “felons not families” has fallen short
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President Barack Obama delivers a statement on executive actions to reduce gun violence on January 5, 2016 at the White House in Washington, DC.
News August 10, 2016
The Obama Criminal Justice Reforms That Trump Could Undo
A close look at the “executive actions” that the sweep of a pen could end.
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Dallas Police Chief David Brown, left, and Mayor Mike Rawlings at a news conference on Friday following a sniper attack that left five police officers dead.
Analysis July 8, 2016
Can Justice Reform Efforts Survive Dallas?
Advocates have a sinking feeling.
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US President Barack Obama meets with formerly incarcerated individuals who have previously received commutations in Washington, DC, on March 30, 2016...From L to R, Serena Nunn, Ramona Brant, Obama, Phillip Emmert, Angie Jenkins and Kemba Smith. President Barack Obama on Wednesday commuted the sentences of 61 individuals charged mostly with cocaine-related offenses, as he again pressed the case for drug sentencing reforms.. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
News March 30, 2016
Obama Commutes the Sentences of 61 Federal Prisoners
An attempt to further level out crack cocaine sentencing disparities.
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