https://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/01/18/obama-pardons-full-list-commutations/
While everybody is talking about the big names on President Obama’s just-released pardons and commutations list — most notably, convicted traitor and Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning and hotelier and tax fraud Ian Schrager — there are also some Philadelphians who made the list.
On Tuesday, Obama pardoned 64 individuals and commuted the sentences of 209 more bringing the total granted clemency throughout his presidency to 1,597. (The full Obama pardon list appears at the end of this story.) He’s officially commuted more sentences than any other president in history — more than the number of commutations granted by the previous 12 presidents combined. (Big surprise: The two Bushes were the lowest of that bunch.)
If you’re wondering what the difference is between a pardon and a commutation, it’s pretty simple: A presidential pardon gets rid of a conviction, while a commutation shortens the sentence. Both are forms of clemency, and a president can only act upon a federal case. State convictions and sentences require the intervention of the governor.
Here is the full list of pardons and commutations issued by President Obama on January 17th:
see https://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/01/18/obama-pardons-full-list-commutations/