Just browsing the names and convictions it looks like a pretty decent mix of people genuinely deserving and people who have very powerful people advocating for them. Looks like most of the crimes in the list are drug or fraud related.
I haven't gone down the whole thing but the guy who got LWOP for weed (presumably huge quantities of it) caught my eye.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-pr...
Just browsing the names and convictions it looks like a pretty decent mix of people genuinely deserving and people who have very powerful people advocating for them. Looks like most of the crimes in the list are drug or fraud related.
I haven't gone down the whole thing but the guy who got LWOP for weed (presumably huge quantities of it) caught my eye.