Sentence examples for commutation granted from inspiring English sources

Forced to confront yet another scandal arising from the Clinton presidency, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton tried today to distance herself from the roles her husband and her brother played in a presidential pardon and a prison commutation granted to two wealthy felons.

Specifically, investigators asked whether Roger Clinton had played any role in the pardons and commutations granted to four people.

The archaic system used to process clemency applications has hampered proceedings, but up until now the initiative has resulted in a total of 673 commutations granted during Obama's presidency, 111 of which were announced last week.

The 476-page report, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, harshly criticizes the Clinton White House for its handling of the 177 pardons and commutations granted on its last day.

One stems from a federal grand jury in White Plains, N.Y., that is looking into his role in the 177 pardons and commutations granted by President Clinton on his final day in office.

The commutations granted Friday bring Obama's tally up to 184, higher than the total number of commutations granted by the past five presidents combined, according to the White House.

The White House said the commutations brought Obama's total for the month of August to 325, the most commutations granted in a single month in United States history.

While the number of commutations granted during the Obama administration are historic, many advocates had hoped that thousands of individuals would be granted clemency under the initiative, which is aimed at shortening lengthy drug sentences that were often a result of federal mandatory minimums.

Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates said the announcement was "yet another step in the administration's efforts to restore proportionality to unnecessarily long drug sentences," and that the president had already doubled the number of commutations granted in all of 2015.

Commutations grant federal prisoners early release.

And there certainly was not in this or any of the other pardons and commutations I granted.