List of people granted executive clemency by Barack Obama
President Barack Obama exercised his constitutional power to grant the executive clemency to 1,927 individuals convicted of federal crimes. Obama holds the record for the largest single-day use of the cle mency power, granting 330 commutations on January 19, 2017. He also issued more commutations than the past 13 presidents combined.
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President Barack Obama exercised his constitutional power to grant the executive clemency to 1,927 individuals convicted of federal crimes. Of the acts of Clemency, 1715 were commutations and 212 were pardons. Obama holds the record for the largest single-day use of the cle mency power, granting 330 commutations on January 19, 2017, his last full day in office.
He also issued more commutations than the past 13 presidents combined. The pardon powers of the President are outlined in Article Two of the United States Constitution, which provides: The President shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the U.S., except in Cases of Impeachment.
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