by Misty Severi at Just the News
President Joe Biden pardoned 39 individuals and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 more on Thursday morning, in what the White House has lauded as the biggest single-day clemency order in modern U.S. history.
The order comes 11 days after the president pardoned his son Hunter Biden and erased his felony tax and gun convictions. He has also been considering preemptive pardons for members of his current administration that could be targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” the president said in a statement. “As President, I have the great privilege of extending mercy to people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation, restoring opportunity for Americans to participate in daily life and contribute to their communities, and taking steps to remove sentencing disparities for non-violent offenders, especially those convicted of drug offenses.”
Joe Biden said the 39 people who were fully pardoned were punished for non-violent offenses and have demonstrated rehabilitation and a commitment to protecting and serving their communities.
Here is a look at some of those people:…
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