Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
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.
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 is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
Those pardoned Thursday had been convicted of nonviolent crimes such as drug offenses and turned their lives around, White House lawyers said. They include a woman who led emergency response teams during natural disasters; a church deacon who has worked as an addiction counselor and youth counselor; a doctoral student in molecular biosciences; and a decorated military veteran.
The president had previously issued 122 commutations and 21 other pardons. He’s also broadly pardoned those convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, and pardoned former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex.
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and 34 other lawmakers are urging the president to pardon environmental and human rights lawyer Steven Donziger, who was imprisoned or under house arrest for three years because of a contempt of court charge related to his work representing Indigenous farmers in a lawsuit against Chevron.
Insane they were imprisoned in the first place
Yay
Still got 42 federal judicial vacancies that trump will get to pick if Biden doesn't...
There's been 42 for a while, Biden shows no indication he gives a single fuck.
Is the senate holding up the nominations, or has he straight up not bothered to nominate people for 42 judicial positions?
The Senate has been slow all term in confirming judges. There are 31 currently awaiting action.
As of now, Biden has seated 233 judges against Trump’s 234.
https://afj.org/article/why-the-senate-must-confirm-every-biden-judge/
fuck you Biden who only takes care of his own
Justice delayed is justice denied
These were 1500 of his closest family members or...?
Hell yeah, they are called the “Biden Crime Family” 😂
They were all Americans, why didn't he pardon people from around the world or something