Dana C. Hansen Chavis, a federal public defender, told the justices that interpreting the law to apply only to federal clemency would render its language meaningless in many cases, as people convicted of state crimes are not eligible for federal clemency.
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department has dramatically expanded the criteria for federal inmates eligible for presidential clemency and is preparing to receive thousands of applications from prisoners caught up in the war on drugs.
**The Clemency Project is a group of lawyers and advocates who vet applications and write petitions to help eligible prisoners submit requests for clemency.
"If Saudi Arabia is eligible to receive Government of Canada weapons exports, who would not be?" "The Liberal Party of Canada called for clemency, condemns draconian sentence imposed on Saudi free speech advocate Raif Badawi," the description reads.
People who became eligible for commutations in April 2014 under Obama's Clemency Initiative are federal inmates who most likely would have been sentenced to less time if they were sentenced today.
The pope called for clemency.
Ms. Lewis's lawyers pleaded unsuccessfully for clemency.
Appeals and a request for clemency failed.
