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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 ...
On October 6, 2022, Biden pardoned all those convicted of what was previously the federal offense of simple possession of marijuana, totaling 6,500, via Proclamation 10467. [89] This excluded non-U.S. citizens and those who were considered illegal immigrants at the time of their arrest. [90] [91] On December 30, 2022, Biden issued 6 pardons. [92]
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 ...
All had their federal sentences commuted by President Joe Biden on Thursday in the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. Biden commuted close to 1,500 sentences and pardoned 39 ...
Today’s pardons are likely to be met with much less controversy than his decision earlier this month to pardon his son ... Biden made history and became the first U.S. president to openly oppose ...
List of people pardoned by George W. Bush; List of people pardoned by Bill Clinton; Bill Clinton pardon controversy; List of people granted executive clemency by Barack Obama; List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump
President Biden commuted 1,500 jail sentences and pardoned 39 others on Thursday in the largest single-day act of clemency in modern American history, according to the White House.
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]