Obama commutes sentences

President Barack Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 95 prisoners and pardoned two more, part of an ongoing effort within the White House to rethink a criminal justice system that critics say has resulted in overly harsh and expensive sentences for thousands of drug offenders. The commutations, the most Obama has issued at one time, mostly benefit nonviolent drug offenders — including several who were given life sentences for crack and cocaine crimes, and who have already spent more than 20 years behind bars/ Associated Press . More here.