Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
The president is also pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. The move follows a pardon for his son Hunter, who was prosecuted for gun and tax crimes.
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President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in an expansive act of clemency in the final weeks of his presidency.
Who did Biden pardon? Whose sentences were commuted? Takeaways from the president’s record-setting day of clemency.
President Biden on Thursday announced he is commuting sentences for roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the pandemic; he is also pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes in what the White House called the “largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
President Biden Issues Historic Amount of Pardons & Clemency
President Joe Biden gave clemency to almost 1,500 and pardoned 39 on Thursday, marking the largest one-day executive action of its type.
Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people, the largest act of clemency in a day
President Biden on Thursday announced he is commuting the prison sentences for nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in what the White House said was the largest act of clemency in a single day in modern presidential history.
Biden grants clemency to 1,500 people and pardons 39, including two South Carolina women
Denita Parker of Gaffney, and Shawnte Williams of Columbia, are among those who have shown 'commitment to making their communities stronger and safer'
President Biden grants clemency to 2 Wisconsin residents
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WEAU) - President Joe Biden is granting clemency to two Wisconsin residents. According to the Clemency Recipient List released by the White House, Biden granted clemency to Jerry Donald Manning of Sun Prairie, Wis. and Audrey Diane Simone (Audrey Clark) of Prescott, Wis.
At least 8 from Wisconsin receive pardons or clemency from President Joe Biden
At least eight Wisconsinites were part of what the White House called the largest single day of clemency in modern history.
Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences in ‘largest single-day grant of clemency’
President Joe Biden announced he will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 people on home confinement and will pardon 39 convicted of nonviolent crimes.
President Joe Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people
Biden said he will "take more steps in the weeks ahead" and continue to review clemency petitions to advance "equal justice under the law."
What to Know: Biden Commutes Nearly 1,500 Sentences, Pardons 39 People
President Joe Biden on Thursday set a modern-day record by commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in a single day. “America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,
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Biden commutes the sentences for 1,500 people, the largest act of clemency in a day
The 1,500 people had been serving long prison sentences that would have been shorter under today's laws and practices. They ...