{{WASHINGTON (AP)}} \u2014{ President Barack Obama is cutting the prison sentences of 46 convicts as part of a broader effort to make the criminal justice fairer and ease the punishment of those serving more time than their crimes warranted.}<\/p>\n
The president has now issued nearly 90 commutations, most of them to non-violent offenders sentenced for drug crimes under outdated sentencing rules. A commutation leaves the conviction in place, but ends the punishment. Several of those granted clemency Monday had been sentenced to life in prison.<\/p>\n
Obama this week is devoting considerable attention to the criminal justice system. He’ll lay out ideas for how to improve the fairness of the system during a speech on Tuesday. And on Thursday he’ll become the first siting president to visit a federal prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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