Trump grants clemency to five people mostly convicted of drug-related crimes

[October 22, 2020]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had granted clemency to five Americans serving sentences ranging from 14 years to life, mostly for drug-related convictions.

Trump said he had signed clemency orders to commute the sentences of Lenora Logan, Charles Tanner, John Bolen, and Curtis McDonald, all convicted of drug-related crimes. He also commuted the sentence of Rashella Reed, who was convicted of money laundering and wire fraud for her part in a benefits fraud scheme, according to a statement.

(Reporting by Lisa Lambert, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)

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