Lancaster attorney Kiandra Bair has become the first member of the National Bar Association to file a successful petition for clemency on behalf of an inmate.
On Oct. 6, President Barack Obama granted clemency to 102 inmates serving prison sentences for nonviolent crimes. Among those whose sentences were reduced was Jason D. Rakel of Shreveport, Louisiana, who was represented by Bair, an associate at McNees Wallace & Nurick.
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