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."
Who did Biden pardon? Whose sentences did he commute? Takeaways from the president’s record-setting day of clemency.
President Biden announced Thursday that he is commuting sentences for roughly 1,500 people and is pardoning 39 others in what the White House called the “largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
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Most of those being granted clemency had been placed in home confinement during the pandemic. Some Republicans have tried to push legislation that would have forced those people to return to prison.
President Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences, pardons 39, including Oklahoma woman
The move, announced in a statement Thursday, is the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history, the White House said.
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Biden commutes sentences for nearly 1,500, pardons 39 convicted of non-violent crimes
President Joe Biden said Thursday that he was pardoning 39 people who were convicted of non-violent crimes and was commuting the sentences of 1,500 people on home confinement, who he said have "shown successful rehabilitation and have shown commitment to making their communities stronger and safer."
President Joe Biden commutes almost 1,500 sentences and issues 39 pardons
Biden said he will "take more steps in the weeks ahead" and continue to review clemency petitions to advance "equal justice under the law."
Illinois woman, pair from Wisconsin, Indiana woman among 39 pardoned by President Biden
A woman from Illinois, two people from Wisconsin, and a woman from Indiana were among 39 people pardoned by President Joe Biden on Thursday following convictions for nonviolent crimes. The president also commuted the sentences of nearly 1,
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President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in "the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history," the White House announced Thursday. The amnesty will be extended to roughly 1,
Biden grants clemency to 1,500 people and pardons 39, including two South Carolina women
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