Pardoning More Than Turkeys

Kimberley Mansfield
Nov 25, 2016
1 min read

Vox takes a look at President Obama's use of the pardon power to push back against years of policies that promoted mass incarceration, and also examines the prospects of the thousands of prisoners still waiting to hear about their petitions.

"Why hundreds of people, not just turkeys, are celebrating the pardon power this Thanksgiving."

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