Biden Announces Biggest Single-Day Act of Clemency in Modern US History
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentence of roughly 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 individuals. This is “the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history,” per the announcement on Thursday. The…
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentence of roughly 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 individuals.
This is “the largest single-day grant of Clemency in modern history,” per the announcement on Thursday.
The roughly 1,5000 individuals were placed in home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and “have successfully reintegrated into their families and communities,” the White House said. They have served their home confinement sentences for at least one year.
The individuals who are receiving pardons were convicted of non-violent crimes, such as drug offenses, and “have turned their lives around,” the White House said.
Additionally, Biden “has issued more sentence commutations at this point in his presidency than any of his recent predecessors at the same point in their first terms,” per the White House