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On this day January 17, 2017

Obama commutes Oscar López Rivera's sentence

Oscar López Rivera
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Oscar Lopez Rivera is a Puerto Rican Independista and political prisoner serving 70 years for seditious conspiracy. He is the only remaining Independista remaining behind bars, the other eleven were g...
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President Barack Obama commutes the sentence of Puerto Rican independentista Oscar López Rivera, who had served 35 years — most in maximum-security federal prisons — for seditious conspiracy. López Rivera was released on May 17, 2017.

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