Obama's Historic Use of the Clemency Power
- Kimberley Mansfield
- Dec 10, 2016
- 1 min read
The Pew Research Center published a report that chronicles President Obama's grants of clemency during his time in office. Obama has granted more requests than any other President since Lyndon B. Johnson; however, the percentage of petitions granted ranks among the lowest of the past hundred years, ahead of only his predecessor, George W. Bush.
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