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“We must remember that these are individuals — sons, daughters, parents, and in many cases, grandparents — who have taken steps toward rehabilitation and who have earned their second chance,” White House Counsel to the President, Neil Eggleston wrote. “They are individuals who received unduly harsh sentences under outdated laws for committing largely nonviolent drug crimes…For each of these applicants, the President considers the individual merits of each application to determine that an applicant is ready to make use of his or her second chance.”
Eggleston said he believes President Obama will continue to commute sentences on an individual basis throughout the remainder of his administration and said the situation highlights the need for “bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation, including reforms that address excessive mandatory minimum sentences.”