Obama commutes sentences of 98 inmates
10/27/16 04:05 PM EDT
President Obama has commuted the sentences of 98 inmates, the White House announced Thursday.
It was Obama’s eighth round of commutations this year, bringing him to a total of 872 since taking office — more than the past 11 presidents combined. He's commuted the sentences of 688 inmates this year alone.
Obama has eclipsed Calvin Coolidge, who commuted 773 sentences, but has yet to beat Woodrow Wilson, who holds the record with 1,366 commutations, according to P.S. Ruckman Jr., a political scientist tracking the data.
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