Biden Commutes Nearly 2,500 Sentences, Setting Presidential Clemency Record
Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, setting a presidential record.
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Biden Commutes Sentences Of Nearly 2,500 People Convicted Of Nonviolent Drug Offenses
Biden said he believes the people he is granting clemency to are “serving disproportionately long sentences” based on harsher old laws.
Biden commutes most federal death sentences
US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates, switching their penalty to life in prison without parole. The three excluded from the measure include the Boston Marathon bomber and the man who killed Jewish worshippers in 2018.
Biden sets record, commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug charges
President Biden issues record number of pardons and commutations, focusing on drug offenses and correcting sentencing disparities.
Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 people with nonviolent drug convictions
President Joe Biden announced Friday that he would commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. Biden — who has just three days left in the Oval Office — has granted a sweeping number of pardons and commutations throughout his term.
Biden Commutes More Sentences, This Time for 2,500 Non-Violent Drug Offenders
President Joe Biden, who leaves office next week, announced on Friday that he was commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses, saying he has now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any predecessor.
Biden is commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders
The announcement follows President Joe Biden’s dramatic step to commute the sentences of 37 federal inmates facing execution to life without parole.
Biden pardons nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders
"With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history," President Joe Biden wrote in his announcement Friday.
Biden commutes sentences for nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders convicted on crack cocaine-related charges
President Joe Biden is granting clemency for nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders in the final days in office, placing a focus on sentencing disparities for crack cocaine-related crimes.
Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of ...
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President Biden commutes sentences of most federal death row inmates
WASHINGTON − President Joe Biden said he was commuting the sentences of nearly every inmate on federal death row, a move meant to stop President-elect Donald Trump from restarting stalled ...