By The FirstPresident Biden commuted 1,500 jail sentences and pardoned 39 others Thursday, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern American history.
From Fox News:
President Biden has commuted jail sentences for nearly 1,500 people and granted 39 pardons, marking the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history, the White House announced Thursday morning.
Sentences were commuted for inmates placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and who “have successfully reintegrated into their families and communities,” according to the announcement. The 39 individuals pardoned were convicted of non-violent crimes, the White House said.
The White House did not, however, immediately release specific names of those receiving pardons and sentence commutations.
“The President has issued more sentence commutations at this point in his presidency than any of his recent predecessors at the same point in their first terms,” White House officials said in a statement.
Biden hinted that he plans to make more pardons and clemencies before he leaves office.
