ClydeR
08-03-2016, 05:14 PM
President Obama granted clemency to a record 214 inmates on Wednesday, far surpassing his previous single-day record, as part of an ongoing effort to release federal inmates serving prison terms deemed to be unduly harsh.
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Obama is claiming to have broken a record? That doesn't sound right. I thought President Andrew Johnson pardoned every Confederate soldier. Not that they appreciated it. And the northerners didn't appreciate it either. Nobody like him. You should never try to please everybody.
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Obama is claiming to have broken a record? That doesn't sound right. I thought President Andrew Johnson pardoned every Confederate soldier. Not that they appreciated it. And the northerners didn't appreciate it either. Nobody like him. You should never try to please everybody.