EDTA is a chemical that is added to certain foods and beverages to help them keep their color and flavor. For instance, it is sometimes added to: 1  Sodas. 2  Canned fruits and vegetables. 3  Non-nutritive sweeteners. 4  Condiments such as mayonnaise. 5  Salad dressings.
Herman Wallace was serving a 50-year sentence for armed robbery when he was convicted, along with fellow inmate Albert Woodfox, for the murder of a prison guard at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1972. Wallace spent 41 years in solitary confinement.
President Obama Issues Record Number of Commutations. 67 of the 214 inmates whose prison terms he shortened previously had life sentences. Aug 3rd, 2016. U.S. President Barack Obama made history on 3 August 2016, when he shortened the sentences of a record 214 prisoners. It is the largest number of commutations in a single day in at least a century, according to a White House announcement: