218 Years for Dealing Drugs? Obama Commutes Sentences of Seven Drug Dealers in Virginia
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During the final months of his administration, President Barack Obama is commuting the sentences in drug -related cases across the United States. Michael Pope has this look at how the president’s actions here in Virginia might be a turning point in the war on drugs.
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