President Obama Ends Year on High Note, Commutes Sentences in Crack …

President Obama Ends Year on High Note, Commutes Sentences in Crack …
Putting good sense to use, President Obama commuted the sentences of eight federal prisoners serving long sentences on drug charges, reasoning that the justice system had levied harsher sentences for crack cocaine than it did for its powdered form. In … Read more on Complex.com

Obama Commutes Sentences of Clarence Aaron, Seven Other Crack Offenders …
The White House announced yesterday that President Obama had granted commutations to eight federal prisoners serving decades-long sentences for crack cocaine offenses, including poster boy for drug war excess Clarence Aaron, who has spent the last 20 … Read more on Drug War Chronicle

Obama commutes Pensacola woman's life sentence
Obama made the commutations because the prisoners were sentenced under a system that treated convictions for crack cocaine offenses harsher than powder cocaine. Obama also pardoned 13 others for various crimes. The president signed the Fair … Read more on Pensacola News Journal