Former Commutation Recipients Ask President to Investigate Pardon Attorney Office
Request Follows Appeal for Congressional Investigation of OfficeFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2012 Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel, (202) 822-6700 or media@famm.org WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of 16 formerly incarcerated people who received sentence commutations from Presidents William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama sent a letter today urging President Obama “to investigate credible claims of serious misconduct against the Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA) in the Department of Justice (DOJ).” The group also asked the president to use his authority to grant more