President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of 2,500 drug offenders in what will be one of his final actions in office. Biden said that those whose sentences were commuted were “non-violent” offenders who had been given “disproportionately long sentences.” The announcement means that Biden has now handed out the most …
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President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of 2,500 drug offenders in what will be one of his final actions in office.
Biden said that those whose sentences were commuted were “non-violent” offenders who had been given “disproportionately long sentences.” The announcement means that Biden has now handed out the most pardons or commutations of any president.
