Monday, December 19, 2016

Obama commutes hundreds of prison sentences

US President Barack Obama has shortened the prison sentence of hundreds of convicts and pardoned dozens others, the White House said on Monday.

The reduced sentences, mainly for low-level drug offenders, are part of President Obama's efforts to tackle mass incarceration in the United States.

Harry Horton reports from Washington.

IN: "In 2014, President..."
OUT: SOC
DUR: 00"38