Biden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history
President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of some 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes, CNN has learned – marking a broad use of the presidential clemency power just weeks from the end of Biden’s presidency.
Some social media users criticized giving clemency to Shanlin Jin, who pleaded guilty to possession of child porn.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress are split on President Biden's record-breaking clemency announcement. "I'm not ...
All told, more than 90% of Biden’s total acts of clemency have now come in his last fiscal year in office – the period ...
Among those whose sentences were commuted was Rebecca Parrett, an Arizona woman who now hopes to travel to meet her ...
Biden has been under pressure from justice activists to pardon people, including some Death Row inmates, before he leaves ...
Four Indian-Americans are among nearly 1,500 people granted clemency by President Joe Biden. These four Indian-Americans ...
The president commuted more than 1,500 sentences, setting a record for the most executed by a president in a single day.
Pressley said Biden’s decision demonstrates “the power of clemency to address systemic injustices, reunite families, and set ...
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