Biden Sets Record with 1,500 Clemency Grants in a Day
TL;DR
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of approximately 1,500 individuals who were on home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic and pardoned 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes, marking the largest single-day clemency in U.S. history. This move aims to address sentencing disparities and offer second chances, with further clemency actions anticipated. Biden's decision follows his broad pardon for marijuana offenses and comes amid pressure to address federal death row sentences and other high-profile cases.
- Biden grants largest single-day clemency in US history, with 1,500 sentences commuted The Guardian
- Biden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history CNN
- Biden commutes 1,500 jail sentences, grants pardons for 39 others: 'Largest single-day grant of clemency' Fox News
- Biden to commute sentences of 1,500 'non-violent' offenders, in the biggest single-day act of clemency to date NBC News
- Biden Commutes the Sentences of Nearly 1,500 Americans, a Record for One Day The New York Times
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