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Obama Administration

Obama Finally Finds His Clemency Pen

Jacob Sullum | From the April 2017 issue

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This article originally appeared in print under the headline "Obama Finally Finds His Clemency Pen."

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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books, September 2).

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