Revised clemency process unveiled

Thursday, April 24, 2014

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is encouraging many nonviolent federal prisoners to apply for early release -- and expecting thousands to take up the offer. It's an effort to deal with high costs and overcrowding in prisons, and also a matter of fairness, the government says.

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