Biden commutes 1,500 sentences, pardons 39 people

Name: Biden commutes 1,500 sentences, pardons 39 people
Uploaded: 2024-12-12T13:28:41Z
Duration: 34 s
Description: President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and is pardoning 39 individuals convicted of nonviolent crimes. Biden’s actions mark the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history.

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and is pardoning 39 individuals convicted of nonviolent crimes. Biden’s actions mark the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history.

Posted December 12, 2024 6:28am MST