(CNN) — President Barack Obama commuted Thursday the sentences of 98 inmates, most of whom were convicted on drug charges, the White House announced. With Thursday’s announcement, that brings the total number of sentences commuted by Obama during his presidency to 872 individuals, 688 in 2016 alone, “more than the previous 11 presidents combined,” the White House said in a blog post.
“These are individuals — many of whom made mistakes at a young age — who have diligently worked to rehabilitate themselves while incarcerated,” White House Counsel Neil Eggleston wrote in the blog post.
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