When Wars End Clemency is Granted
It should be no Different for the War on Drugs
LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
LWOP
Washington Clemency to members of the Whiskey Rebellion
Jefferson Clemency to all violators of the Alien and Sedition Act
Madison Clemency to the Lafitte pirates after the war of 1812
Lincoln Clemency to 264 of 303 Dakota Indians who attacked settlers in the Great Sioux
Uprising of 1862. Clemency to Confederate Soldiers and Union Soldiers who deserted.
Johnson Clemency to Confederate Soldiers
Harrison Clemency to all members of Church of Latter Day Saints for polygamous or plural marriage
Roosevelt Clemency to participants in the Philippine insurrection
Harding Clemency to persons jailed under WW I sedition and espionage laws.
Kennedy Clemency for offenders sentenced under penalties of Narcotics Act of 1956 – This was a series
of commutations of offenders from pre selected cases
Ford Clemency to Vietnam-era violators of Service Act – subject to review