Biden commutes sentences for 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."
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.
President Biden to pardon 39 non-violent criminals, commute sentences of 1,500 others
President Joe Biden has announced he is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people. The White House said the people were released from prison and placed in home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden pardons 39 people, commutes sentences of 1,500 others
The pardons and clemency come over a week after the president signed an unconditional pardon for his son Hunter. Officials said last week that the White House was listening to demands for Biden to extend the same grace to thousands of people wronged by the U.
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 had been on home confinement since the COVID pandemic.
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The clemency mostly covers convicts who were released from prisons and placed under home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Biden grants clemency to nearly 1,500 people: White House
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.
Biden to Commute Sentences of Around 1,500 People
President Biden will commute the sentences of around 1,500 people, in what constitutes the largest single-day act of clemency for any president in modern history, according to the White House. The commutations,
Biden to announce clemency for around 1,500 people – including pardons for 39 convicted of non-violent crimes
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.
Biden to commute sentences of 1,500 ‘non-violent' offenders, in the biggest single-day act of clemency to date
America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” the president said in a statement Thursday.
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