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Inmates ask Trump to pardon people alongside turkeys

By Steven Nelson
Published November 20, 2017 5:01am ET
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Inmates ask Trump to pardon people alongside turkeys
"For everyone we communicate with, it's like pouring salt in a wound," Amy Povah, a clemency recipient who founded Can-Do Clemency to advocate for other federal drug offenders, said about the turkey pardons. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) | Elaine Thompson

Prison inmates and other clemency advocates are encouraging President Trump to pardon human beings alongside turkeys to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Trump will “pardon” a pair of birds Tuesday at the White House as part of an annual meat-industry event that people behind bars say is upsetting to watch.

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