DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Six people from Iowa and one from Nebraska will serve shorter prison sentences after President Barack Obama granted them clemency.
Most of the 72 offenders in Friday’s announcement committed drug crimes considered nonviolent.
Justin Border, of Davenport, will serve 14 of 20 years and ZoAnn Brown, of Rowan, will have served about 11 of her 24-year sentence when she’s released in 2018.
Martin Godbersen, of Sioux City, will serve about 12 years of his nearly 19-year sentence. Mandy Martinson, of Mason City, had about four years knocked off her 15-year sentence.
Michael Lee Roth, of Primghar, and Juan Carlos Munoz, of South Sioux City, Nebraska, will each serve 15 of their 20-year sentences.
Obama has granted 944 people clemency, more than the previous 11 presidents combined.
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