Obama commutes sentences of 22 drug offenders

President Obama, who has stepped up his campaign this year to overhaul the nation's criminal justice system, commuted the sentences of 22 drug offenders Tuesday.More than a year ago the Justice Department launched an initiative aimed at granting clemency to nonviolent offenders, Obama had pardoned just eight people as part of the effort. All of those felons were serving lengthy prison sentences for crack cocaine offenses.Read full article >>