Obama issues pardons, commutations

President Obama made Christmas-time
commutations of 95 federal prisoners on Friday
and issued pardons to two others, the White
House announced.
Most of the commutations dealt with drug
offenses, though the pardons involved
counterfeiting and bank fraud.
Obama has now commuted the prison sentences
of 184 people, surpassing the combined number
of those granted by presidents Carter, Reagan,
George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush
(117), the White House said in a statement.
Friday's list included 40 people serving life
sentences.
Obama has pledged to issue more pardons and
commutations in 2016.