John Legend asks Obama to free non-violent drug offenders

Published December 9, 2016 5:41pm ET



Musician John Legend asked President Obama on Friday to free more incarcerated non-violent drug offenders.

Legend, who is known for being vocal about criminal justice reform, wrote in Rolling Stone to ask Obama “to use his clemency and pardoning powers to bring justice to the thousands of families of non-violent drug offenders who have waited far too long for Congress to act.”

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