President Joe Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people
Biden said he will "take more steps in the weeks ahead" and continue to review clemency petitions to advance "equal justice under the law."
President Biden commutes nearly 1,500 jail sentences, grants pardons to dozens more
President Biden is commuting the sentence of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning another 39 convicted of nonviolent crimes, marking the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
The president is also pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. The move follows a pardon for his son Hunter, who was prosecuted for gun and tax crimes.
Biden commutes the sentences for 1,500 people, the largest act of clemency in a day
The 1,500 people had been serving long prison sentences that would have been shorter under today's laws and practices. They had been on home confinement since the COVID pandemic.
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."
Biden Commutes the Sentences of 1,500 Americans, a Record for One Day
President Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people, the largest grant of clemency by an American president in a single day, the White House announced in a statement on Thursday.
President Joe Biden Commutes Sentences of Nearly 1,500 People
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of almost 1,500 people, the largest one-day act of presidential clemency. He also issued pardons to 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes, several of whom would get lighter sentences if convicted now,
Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people, a single-day record
The president commuted the sentences of individuals who were released from prison and placed on home confinement and pardoned others convicted of nonviolent crimes.
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, with a focus on those who were under home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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, issues 39 pardons in 'largest single-day grant of clemency'
The White House announced on Thursday that it would commute the sentences of nearly 1,500 individuals placed on home confinement and will pardon 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes.
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