Among those whose sentences were commuted was Rebecca Parrett, an Arizona woman who now hopes to travel to meet her great-grandchildren for the first time.

The U.S. announced on Nov. 27 that it had secured the release of three Americans, but officials did not specify then what the U.S. gave up in exchange for them.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters Thursday afternoon, hours after President Biden issued the largest act of clemency in a single day in modern history. Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and issued 39 ...

Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.