President Biden says the recipients of his recent pardons and commutations “have shown successful rehabilitation.” When he announced commuting the sentences of nearly 15-hundred people and the pardoning of 39 others, the president said the individuals are committed “to making their communities safer.” Recipients include a nonprofit leader who supports at-risk youth and a decorated […]
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Biden says clemency recipients “have shown successful rehabilitation”
President Biden says the recipients of his recent pardons and commutations “have shown successful rehabilitation.” When he announced commuting the sentences of nearly 15-hundred people and the pardoning of 39 others, the president said the individuals are committed “to making their communities safer.” Recipients include a nonprofit leader who supports at-risk youth and a decorated military veteran and pilot who spends much of his time helping his fellow church members who are in poor health. But not everyone was pleased by Biden’s decisions. A Republican state senator said a commutation for a woman who stole $54 million from a small town in Illinois was “a slap in the face” to residents.