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 granted in a single day.

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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 commutes 1,500 sentences, pardons 39 in biggest single-day act of clemency

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and pardoning 39 Americans ...
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Biden to commute sentences of 1,500 in the biggest single-day act of clemency

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Biden commutes 1,500 sentences in largest single-day act of clemency

Biden commutes almost 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people, setting single-day record

Biden commutes about 1,500 sentences, most ever in single day

Biden to commute sentences of 1,500, in the biggest single-day act of clemency

Biden commutes 1,500 sentences, pardons 39 in biggest single-day act of clemency

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