Biden issues 39 presidential pardons and commutes 1,500 sentences
The White House says it is the highest number of presidential acts of clemency in a single day.
12 Dec 10:59 · BBC News
Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people
The pardons come over a week after the president signed an unconditional pardon for his son Hunter.
12 Dec 11:45 · Mail Online
Biden to commute sentences of 1,500 ‘non-violent' offenders, in the biggest single-day act of clemency to date
“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” the president said in a statement Thursday.
12 Dec 11:48 · 5 NBCDFW
Biden pardons 39 people, commutes sentences of 1,500
Outgoing US President Joe Biden said he was pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others who were serving long prison terms.
12 Dec 11:57 · RTE.ie
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
President Joe Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people on home confinement and pardons 39 nonviolent offenders in largest clemency act.
12 Dec 13:32 · The Hindu
Biden commuting 1,500 sentences for 'non-violent' offenders, pardoning another 39
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 non-violent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
12 Dec 13:47 · National Post
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences, pardons 39
It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
12 Dec 14:02 · Las Vegas Review-Journal
Biden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history
He also pardoned 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes.
12 Dec 17:37 · RNZ
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