Clinton Frees Four Imprisoned Women

President Clinton has commuted the prison sentences of four women who were convicted of drug crimes but received much harsher sentences than men involved in the cases, a White House spokesman said. The women freed under the order were Louise House, Shawndra Mills, Amy Pofahl and Serena Nunn. One man, Alain Orozco, also was ordered freed after serving time on a drug conviction. “I thought they were joking with me at first,” Nunn told ABC News, which first reported on the commutations. “After I realized it was actually happening, I began to tremble and one of the staff members asked me if I wanted to take a seat. Right after that, the tears just started flowing.”