 obama wants to release drug law offenders from prision according to deputy attorney general james cole president obama has the ability to take executive action to commute the sentences of lowlevel drug offenders and that s just what he plans to do 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 even though commutation of sentence is an ldquo extraordinary remedy that is rarely used that s about to change according to a justice department official for an article on what the justice department and the president plan on doing to reduce the prison population click on the following link  http wwwcnsnewscom news article susanjones obamawilltakeexecutiveactionreduceprisonpopulation 