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A post shared on social media purports President Joe Biden has pardoned over 8,000 people during his four years in office to cover up the administration’s crimes. Verdict: Misleading Much of the ...
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 ...
Biden commuted close to 1,500 sentences and pardoned 39 people in a sweeping and historic act for people who had been convicted of nonviolent crimes — many related to illegal drugs — and ...
On October 6, 2022, Biden pardoned all those convicted of what was previously the federal offense of simple possession of marijuana, totaling 500, via Proclamation 10467. [94] This excluded non-U.S. citizens and those who were considered illegal immigrants at the time of their arrest. [95] [96] On December 30, 2022, Biden issued 6 pardons. [97]
Before Thursday, Biden had issued 122 commutations and 21 other pardons, mainly for people with nonviolent drug offenses. (During his first term, Donald Trump granted clemency to 237 people ...
President Barack Obama issued 212 pardons and 1,715 commutations over two terms. Perhaps the most controversial use of Biden's clemency power came when he pardoned his son Hunter Biden last month ...
People pardoned by Joe Biden (21 P) People pardoned by James Buchanan (1 P) ... People pardoned by Barack Obama (5 P) P. People pardoned by James K. Polk (1 P) R.
Of the acts of clemency, 1,715 were commutations (including 504 life sentences) and 212 were pardons. [2] [3] Most individuals granted executive clemency by Obama had been convicted on drug charges, [4] and had received lengthy and sometimes mandatory sentences at the height of the war on drugs. [5]