WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama issued another round of commutations for those imprisoned on drug charges, with three New Jersey men among 209 people affected by his latest acts of clemency. He also pardoned 64 additional people.

The New Jersey residents affected by this latest round included:

Timothy Barker of Pleasantville, originally sentenced May 31, 2002, to 30 years in prison and 10 years supervised release for selling, distributing, possessing and dispensing controlled substances, had his sentence commuted to May 17, 2017.

Arthur Edmonds of Passaic, sentenced to more than 27 years in prison and five years supervised release on Aug. 5, 2003, for selling, distributing, possessing and dispensing controlled substances, had his sentence commuted to May 17.

Keith Wooten of Plainfield, sentenced April 2, 2001, to more than 21 years behind bars, supervised release for five years and a $4,000 fine for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, had his sentenced commuted to May 17.

Obama now has given out more commutations than any other president, 1,385, as well as 212 pardons.

He has taken these actions after Congress failed to pass criminal justice legislation that included alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders, many of them minorities.

"Only Congress can achieve the broader reforms needed to ensure over the long run that our criminal justice system operates more fairly and effectively in the service of public safety,' White House counsel Neil Eggleston said.

That's been a pet cause of U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J), who worked with Republicans to craft bipartisan legislation that never reached the Senate floor.

FACT: In commuting the sentences of 209 people today, @POTUS has now granted more commutations than any president in U.S. history. pic.twitter.com/QoQ1i81Y4N — White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) January 17, 2017

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