President Obama commuted the sentences of 111 more federal inmates Tuesday, capping a month in which he’s nearly doubled the number of commutations granted during his presidency.
Obama has granted 235 commutations in August alone, more than any other president in a single month, and he has granted more clemencies than the previous 10 presidents combined.
The commutations — a shortening of a criminal sentence using the president’s constitutional pardon power — are part of the Obama administration’s two-year old clemency initiative.
About a third of Obama’s commutations have been for people serving life sentences.