Commuted | A Commutation, A Second Chance
Clip: Season 16 Episode 1 | 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Kenneth Polite, Jr. shares why he supported President Obama's clemency of Danielle Metz.
Kenneth Polite, Jr., the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, reads from the letter written by him supporting the commutation of Danielle Metz who was sentenced to three life sentences plus 20 years. Former President Barack Obama granted her clemency in 2016 and Metz has proven why she deserved this second chance ever since leaving prison.
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Commuted | A Commutation, A Second Chance
Clip: Season 16 Episode 1 | 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Kenneth Polite, Jr., the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, reads from the letter written by him supporting the commutation of Danielle Metz who was sentenced to three life sentences plus 20 years. Former President Barack Obama granted her clemency in 2016 and Metz has proven why she deserved this second chance ever since leaving prison.
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Nor do we believe that she poses any meaningful risk to public safety.
Accordingly, my office supports President Obama granting Ms. Metz's application for a commutation of sentence.
Respectfully submitted, Kenneth Polite, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana."
Everyone agreed that this was, if not the most worthy, then certainly a worthy candidate for a commutation consideration.
Danielle was charged, essentially, under a Kingpin Statute, uh, in, at the time of her indictment and trial.
All of the evidence in the case, uh, suggests that she certainly was not that, that the charge itself was not an appropriate one.
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