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How about some targeted clemency grants to save $100 million of federal tax dollars?

By Douglas A. Berman

This new Politico piece, headlined "Obama to order $100 million in cuts," spotlights this latest news from the White House: At the first Cabinet meeting of his presidency, President Obama on Monday will challenge the departments to collectively cut $100 million over the next three months, a senior administration official said.  The official said the exercise is ?part of his commitment to go line by line through the budget to cut spending and reform government.? ?Agencies will be required to report back with their savings at the end of 90 days,? the official said. Here is my suggestion for a simple way to cut $100 million of wasteful federal spending ASAP: commute the final year(s) of the prison sentences for a few non-violent offenders serving overly long federal prison terms due to mandatory sentencing statutes/guidelines...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).