A política de Obama no que diz respeito ao combate à droga trouxe novos propósitos, valorizando a prevenção. Não é, por isso, de estranhar que tenha comutado penas tidas por execessivas. A notícia está no The New York Times: "President Obama, expanding his push to curtail severe penalties for drug
offenses, on Thursday commuted the sentences of eight federal inmates
who were convicted of crack cocaine offenses. Each inmate has been
imprisoned for at least 15 years, and six were sentenced to life in
prison."
