Obama commuted the sentences of eight men and women convicted of crack cocaine offenses.
Obama also granted pardons to 13 others for a range of crimes, including mail fraud, money laundering and bank robbery.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/12/obama-commutes-eight-unduly-harsh-crack-cocaine-sentences/
Obama granted a rare commutation to the first cousin of Governor Deval Patrick, allowing the release of a man who in 1994 was given a life sentence on charges of dealing crack cocaine.
http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2013/12/19/president-obama-commutes-drug-sentence-deval-patrick-first-cousin/jeF0HSB99B0tkHd7QISRIN/story.html#sthash.8UXGTmVY.dpuf