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On the recordMarch 4, 2020
I noted that under the Obama administration, over 36,000 clemency and pardon petitions were submitted.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen highlights the significant number of clemency petitions during Obama's presidency.

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