Categories Burlington Iowa Local News Political Security West Burlington Obama Commutes Sentences For 214 Federal Prisoners. 56 with Gun Convictions Post author By Falcon Post date August 4, 2016 Click here: President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that he is shortening prison sentences for 214 federal prisoners, 56 of whom have firearms related convictions on their records. Obama has now shortened sentences for 562 federal prisoners, more than the nine previous presidents combined. Nearly 200 of those prisoners were serving life sentences, including 67 of the felons in the most recent batch of commutations. ← Obituaries this week → CNN: Benghazi Victim’s Father talks about Hillary, Trump, and Khzir Khan