Obama Commutes More Drug Traffickers’ Sentences Amid Heroin Epidemic, Crime Spike

I'm convinced he wants to see America broken down to it's knees....

Maybe there's something I'm missing...

Less than 50%

Outgoing President Obama has shortened the prison sentences of another 79 drug traffickers, many of whom were also convicted on weapons charges or had prior drug convictions.
The new sentencing commutations mean that Obama has shortened jail sentences for more than 1,000 criminals, many of whom are quickly released from prison.

Drug overdoses take tens of thousands of American lives: More than 47,000 people died drug-induced deaths in 2014, including 10,574 from heroin. The FBI in its annual report on crime statistics found the murder rate rose a shocking 11.8 percent in 2015, with violent crimes increasing 3.9 percent from the previous year.

Because of Obama’s last-minute commutations, a former armed cocaine dealer will be back on Virginia’s streets in March. So will a convicted armed Philadelphia crack cocaine dealer, and a jailed armed California meth dealer. Another former armed Texas drug trafficker sentenced to life in prison had his sentence commuted to 38.75 years. An armed Florida cocaine dealer had his life sentence reduced to 25 years.

All told, 21 prisoners with gun-related charges, many of whom were also drug traffickers, just received reduced sentences from Obama.

One convicted heroin dealer, arrested for trying to sell more than 2.2 pounds of heroin, had his already reduced, 20-year sentence cut to a mere four months, and also was excused from paying a $10,000 fine. A woman convicted for conspiring to traffic over 1,000 kilograms (2,204 pounds) of marijuana, plus 11 pounds of powder cocaine, also had her unpaid $10,000 fine remitted. Another crack cocaine dealer also got a free pass on an unpaid $7,500 fine.

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