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Federal Clemency Initiative Granting Relief At Slow Pace

The Obama administration's "Clemency Initiative 2014," a highly-touted program designed to grant clemency to non-violent offenders and other federal prisoners, has yet to make a substantial impact on the exploding federal prison population. While some 16 percent of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' 218,000 prisoners have applied for clemency, …

 

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