Clarence Aaron is an American recipient of a presidential commutation,Obama commutes Clarence Aaron's sentence. Adam Serwer. MSNBC. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014. after having been originally given a triple life sentence for helping to coordinate a drug deal. President Barack Obama granted him a commutation on December 19, 2013, and he was released on April 17, 2014, after two decades in prison. The mishandling of his petition was among the reasons United States Pardon Attorney Ronald Rodgers was removed from office a short time later.
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