Here's the letter that President Obama sent to a prisoner he exonerated yesterday
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The commutation was meant to give inmates imprisoned under older, harsher laws the same kind of leniency as those arrested on drug charges today.
"Had they been sentenced under current laws and policies, many of these individuals would have already served their time and paid their debt to society," White House Counsel Neil Eggleston said in a statement. "Because many were convicted under an outdated sentencing regime, they served years-in some cases more than a decade-longer than individuals convicted today of the same crime."
Obama's senior advisor Valerie Jarrett tweeted a picture of a letter Obama sent to Terry Andre Barnes informing him of his earlier release, NPR reported. Barnes was originally sentenced to more than 20 years in prison in 2005, for "conspiracy to distribute cocaine base."
Here is the letter:
White House
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