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With 1500 commutations and 39 blanket pardons, Biden seems to be just getting started.
It will damage Trump's revenge tour, and more will end it before it gets started.
"Today’s announcement will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed on home confinement and will pardon 39 individuals convicted of non-violent crimes
Today, President Biden announced that he is granting clemency to nearly 1,500 Americans – the most ever in a single day – who have shown successful rehabilitation and a strong commitment to making their communities safer. The President is commuting the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and who have successfully reintegrated into their families and communities. He is also pardoning 39 individuals who were convicted of non-violent crimes. These actions represent the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.
Together, these actions build on the President’s record of criminal justice reform to help reunite families, strengthen communities, and reintegrate individuals back into society. The President has issued more sentence commutations at this point in his presidency than any of his recent predecessors at the same point in their first terms. He is also the first President ever to issue categorical pardons to individuals convicted of simple use and possession of marijuana, and to former LGBTQI+ service members convicted of private conduct because of their sexual orientation. In the coming weeks, the President will take additional steps to provide meaningful second chances and continue to review additional pardons and commutations."
It will damage Trump's revenge tour, and more will end it before it gets started.
"Today’s announcement will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed on home confinement and will pardon 39 individuals convicted of non-violent crimes
Today, President Biden announced that he is granting clemency to nearly 1,500 Americans – the most ever in a single day – who have shown successful rehabilitation and a strong commitment to making their communities safer. The President is commuting the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and who have successfully reintegrated into their families and communities. He is also pardoning 39 individuals who were convicted of non-violent crimes. These actions represent the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.
Together, these actions build on the President’s record of criminal justice reform to help reunite families, strengthen communities, and reintegrate individuals back into society. The President has issued more sentence commutations at this point in his presidency than any of his recent predecessors at the same point in their first terms. He is also the first President ever to issue categorical pardons to individuals convicted of simple use and possession of marijuana, and to former LGBTQI+ service members convicted of private conduct because of their sexual orientation. In the coming weeks, the President will take additional steps to provide meaningful second chances and continue to review additional pardons and commutations."
CNN
https://www.cnn.com › 2024 › 12 › 12 › politics › biden-clemency-pardons-non-violent-crimes › index.html
Biden announces clemency for around 1,500 people - including pardons ...
TodayPresident Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of some 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes, CNN has learned - marking a broad use of the presidential clemency power just weeks from the end of Biden's administration.- npr.org
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Biden commutes the sentences for 1,500 people. It's a record - NPR
TodayPresident Biden on Thursday announced he is commuting the prison sentences for nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in what the White House said was the largest act of clemency in a single day in modern presidential history. Biden isn't the first president to pardon a relative. - justice.gov
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Pardons Granted by President Joseph Biden (2021-Present)
Dec 2, 2024Pardons Granted By President Joseph Biden (2021-Present) Pardons Granted by President Joseph Biden (2021-Present) Share. Facebook; X; LinkedIn; Email; ... Robert Hunter Biden: N/A: For those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1 ... - whitehouse.gov
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FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Clemency for Nearly 1,500 ...
TodayToday's announcement will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed on home confinement and will pardon 39 individuals convicted of non-violent crimes
