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Over 400 Oklahoma Prisoners Released in Largest Commutation in U.S. History

‘SECOND CHANCES’

“This is the first day of the rest of your life,” Gov. Kevin Stitt told a group of 70 women who had their sentences commuted.

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More than 400 inmates were released in Oklahoma on Monday in the largest mass commutation in U.S. history, news station KOCO reports. More than 500 inmates’ sentences were commuted by the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board last week as part of the state’s criminal justice reform, and 462 inmates were...

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