Biden's Historic Clemency: Over 1,500 Sentences Commuted in a Day
TL;DR
President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of two notorious Illinois fraudsters, Rita Crundwell and Eric Bloom, as part of a record-high 1,499 commutations in a single day. Crundwell, a former Dixon comptroller, embezzled nearly $54 million from her city, while Bloom defrauded investors of over $665 million. Both were in residential reentry programs after early release due to COVID-19. Biden also pardoned 39 individuals, including Diana Bazan Villanueva, convicted of a non-violent drug crime in her youth.
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- Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency The Associated Press
- Biden list of commutations includes some three dozen Michigan criminals Detroit Free Press
- President Joe Biden commutes sentences for two of Chicago area’s most notorious fraudsters Yahoo! Voices
- Woman whose sentence was commuted by Biden tells her story CBS News
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