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 commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
Biden said he would be taking more steps in the weeks ahead ... He's also broadly pardoned those convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, and pardoned former U.S. service members convicted ...
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people, most ever in a single day
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It's the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
Biden pardons 39 people, commutes sentences of 1,500 others
Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he was pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others who were serving long prison terms.
Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences in ‘largest single-day grant of clemency’
President Joe Biden announced he will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 people on home confinement and will pardon 39 convicted of nonviolent crimes.
Biden Commutes 1,500 Sentences—the Most Pardons by a US President in a Day
Joe Biden has commuted around 1500 sentences, marking the largest single-day clemency action in modern U.S. history.
Biden to commute sentences of 1,500 'non-violent' offenders, in the biggest single-day act of clemency to date
President Joe Biden will commute the sentences of almost 1,500 offenders and pardon 39 others, in what the White House said early Thursday was the biggest number of commutations and clemencies granted in a single day.
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.
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Biden commutes 1,500 sentences in largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history
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