A convicted drug dealer whose life sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama is back behind bars after his arrest in connection with a Chicago-area shooting.
Mills, 54, was convicted of several crimes related to the distribution of cocaine in 1994.
The Illinois man had previously been convicted of crack cocaine possession, meriting him a life sentence, the New York Post reported.
However, Obama signed off on Mills’ release in December 2015, according to a Justice Department news release. He was released the following December.
Progressive Democrats — such as Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren — heralded the move, arguing Mills’ life sentence had been unfair.
Durbin, who had asked Obama to look into the commutation, even used a picture of Mills to promote the First Step Act, a prison release law signed by former President Donald Trump in 2018.
Both thugs should be in jail!
Obama is the only President to ever commute or pardon a guilty person!
dont worry uncle joe will let him out