<div><span style="font-size: larger; ">According to Deputy Attorney General James Cole, President Obama &quot;has the ability to take executive action&quot; to commute the sentences of &quot;low-level&quot; drug offenders -- and that's just what he plans to do.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: larger; ">The Department of Justice will be looking to find low level drug offenders who are currently in prison and recommend them to the President for clemency consideration.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: larger; ">Even though commutation of sentence is an &ldquo;extraordinary remedy that is rarely used,&quot; that's about to change according to a Justice Department official.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: larger; ">For an article on what the Justice Department and the President plan on doing to reduce the prison population click on the following link:</span></div>
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