President Barack Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 95 prisoners and pardoned two more, part of a broader effort to rethink a criminal justice system that critics say has resulted in overly harsh and expensive sentences for thousands of drug offenders.
美国总统巴拉克奥巴马在星期五为95名囚犯的句子和赦免两,部分更广泛的努力来重新思考刑事司法体系的批评者说,导致过于苛刻和昂贵的毒品罪犯千句。
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The commutations, the most Obama has issued at one time, mostly benefit nonviolent drug offenders — many of whom are serving long sentences for cocaine and crack crimes. A commutation generally lessens one's punishment, often in terms of reduced sentences. While pardons forgive prisoners for their crimes, commutations do not. Read more...
通信,最奥巴马的一次发行,主要惠及非暴力毒品罪犯和# 8212;其中很多是可卡因和裂缝犯罪服刑很长时间。整流一般会的处罚,往往从减刑。而宽恕原谅犯人,他们的罪行,沟通不。多读…
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