President Barack Obama issued Tuesday afternoon what will likely be his final commutations and pardons as commander in chief. The commutations were for 200 people, including Chelsea Manning, the army private and analyst sent to prison for revealing secret U.S. military and government information that effectively gave birth to WikiLeaks, the whistleblowing website.
Most of the commutations, or shortened prison sentences, were given to prisoners with nonviolent drug convictions. Obama also pardoned, or granted a reprieve, to 64 prisoners and their sentences. They include Oscar Lopez-Rivera of Chicago, an activist who fought for Puerto Rican independence through Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, or FALN, a group that claimed it was behind more than 70 bombings in New York from 1974 and 1983.
The American Civil Liberties Union’s was "relieved and thankful that the president is doing the right thing and commuting Chelsea Manning’s sentence," Chase Strangio, an attorney for the ACLU's LGBT Project representing Manning, said in a brief statement released shortly after the names were announced.
Missing from the list of those pardoned was Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contracter who sought clemency for leaking classified information about givernment surveillance of citizens. He has been living in exile in Russia.
The full list of people who received commutations and pardons follow below, as announced by the White House.
"Today, the President granted commutation of sentence to 209 individuals and pardons to 64 individuals:
The President granted commutations of sentence to the following 209 individuals:
  • Pablo Abrugar Abulencia –Silver Spring, MD
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine; Eastern District of Virginia
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (April 11, 2008)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 205 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
  • Christopher Almaguer – Fort Worth, TX
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine; distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine (two counts); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; causing another to engage in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity and aiding and abetting; Northern District of Texas
Sentence: 420 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (March 25, 2005); amended to 360 months’ imprisonment (October 8, 2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
  • Jerry Jerome Anderson ─ Macon, GA
Offense: Possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base; continuous violations of the Controlled Substances Act by occupying the position of management and organizer; conducting financial transactions with proceeds from illegal drug activities (four counts); Middle District of Georgia
Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (February 19, 1991)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on January 17, 2020.
  • Turner Ashe, Jr. ─ Indianapolis, IN
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and/or distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; Southern District of Indiana
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (October 31, 2003)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on January 17, 2019, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
  • Roland J. Bailey ─ Washington, DC
Extensive list on Link below

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