White House acknowledges three Chinese nationals granted clemency in hostage exchange deal
President Joe Biden granted clemency to three Chinese nationals last month as a part of an agreement to secure the release of three Americans wrongfully held by Beijing, according to a National Security Council spokesperson.
For Those Granted Clemency by White House, a Moment to Celebrate and Plan
Among those whose sentences were commuted was Rebecca Parrett, an Arizona woman who now hopes to travel to meet her great-grandchildren for the first time.
White House announces ‘largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history’
President Joe Biden commuted sentences for nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 convicted of non-violent crimes.
Biden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of some 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes – marking a broad use of the presidential clemency power just weeks from the end of Biden’s administration.
Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences in ‘largest single-day grant of clemency’
President Joe Biden announced he will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 people on home confinement and will pardon 39 convicted of nonviolent crimes.
Biden Commuted the Sentences of 1,500 Americans, a One-Day Record
President Biden announced today that he would pardon 39 people convicted of nonviolent crimes and commute the sentences of 1,499 others. The White House said it was the largest number of commutations by an American president in a single day.
Biden Announces Largest Single-Day Act of Clemency in Modern History
WASHINGTON—President Biden is commuting the sentences of around 1,500 people while he considers more clemency actions before he leaves office, including possible pre-emptive pardons of officials who have clashed with President-elect Donald Trump.
Biden’s biggest single-day act of clemency, explained
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people and is pardoning 39 Americans in the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
Biden's full list of clemency and commutation recipients revealed
The White House on Thursday unveiled a list of names of the 39 individuals whom President Biden pardoned, as well as a list ...
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Acts of clemency are increasingly common late in a president’s term
All told, more than 90% of Biden’s total acts of clemency have now come in his last fiscal year in office – the period ...
Biden Rebuked for Granting Clemency to Man Caught With Child Porn
Some social media users criticized giving clemency to Shanlin Jin, who pleaded guilty to possession of child porn.
Biden pardons 3 Washington residents in biggest single-day act of clemency
A Seattle man was among the 39 people granted a pardon by President Joe Biden on Thursday as part of a significant act of ...
Watch live: White House holds press briefing after Biden’s sweeping act of clemency
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters Thursday afternoon, hours after President Biden issued ...
Biden’s record-setting clemency act leaves allies only wanting more
Altogether, the announcement constituted the largest single-day clemency grant in modern history. Yet for Democrats and ...
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President Biden grants clemency to 2 Wisconsin residents
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WEAU) - President Joe Biden is granting clemency to two Wisconsin residents. According to the Clemency ...
Biden grants clemency to 1,500 people and pardons 39, including two South Carolina women
Denita Parker of Gaffney, and Shawnte Williams of Columbia, are among those who have shown 'commitment to making their ...
‘I honestly was speechless’: Coast Guard veteran from Maine reacts to pardon in Biden’s historic clemency action
Biden has been under pressure from justice activists to pardon people, including some Death Row inmates, before he leaves ...