Biden Commutes the Sentences of Nearly 1,500 Americans, a Record for One Day
Most of those being granted clemency had been placed in home confinement during the pandemic. Some Republicans have tried to push legislation that would have forced those people to return to prison.
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Biden commutes 1,500 sentences in largest single-day act of clemency
President also pardons 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes and plans to wield clemency power again. Joe Biden has carried out the largest act of presidential clemency on a single day in ...The Guardian - 26m -
Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and announces presidential pardons
The White House says it is the highest number of presidential acts of clemency in a single day.BBC News - 2h -
Biden commutes almost 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people, setting single-day record
President Biden on Thursday announced pardons for 39 people and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 others, setting a new daily record for clemency with a focus on those who were under home ...The Hill - 2h -
Biden commutes about 1,500 sentences, most ever in single day
"These actions represent the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history," the White House said.CBS News - 2h -
Biden to commute sentences of 1,500 in the biggest single-day act of clemency
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 ...NBC News - 3h -
Biden to commute sentences of 1,500, in the biggest single-day act of clemency
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 ...NBC News - 3h
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