12/13/2024

President Biden Commutes Nearly 1,500 Sentences

This is the ‘largest single-day grant of clemency’

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 more convicted of nonviolent crimes, the White House said in a statement Thursday, describing it as "the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history."

The individuals whose sentences will be commuted were placed on home confinement during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and have “successfully reintegrated” with their families and communities, the White House said in a statement.

The White House added that Biden is still reviewing clemency petitions; more announcements are to come. Pressure has grown on the outgoing president to exercise his powers before he cedes the White House to President-elect Donald Trump, and opponents of capital punishment have called for Biden to empty federal death row. Trump staunchly supports capital punishment.

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