Curbing Criminal Justice: Obama Commutes 46 Sentences

Known as the land of the free, the US is also the nation of second changes according to the President.
On Monday speaking from the White House, Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 46 Americans, serving time for non-violent drug offenses.
He said during a recorded message that their punishments did not meet their crimes.
The act is in line with his commitment to address the criminal justice system which he plans to elaborate on during a speech Tuesday.
The president will lay out his ideas during the NAACP convention in Philadelphia.
According to Families Against Mandatory Minimums, the federal prison population has grown by a factor of 10 since Congress enacted minimum sentences for drug crimes in the 1980s.