Biden commutes sentences for nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders convicted on crack cocaine-related charges
President Joe Biden is granting clemency for nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders in the final days in office, placing a focus on sentencing disparities for crack cocaine-related crimes.
President Joe Biden Grants Clemency For Thousands Of Non-Violent Drug Offenders
With Friday's (January 17) move, Biden has granted more individual pardons and commutations than any previous president.
Family Outraged After Man Convicted in Connecticut Killings Gets Clemency From Biden in Drug Case
A Connecticut man who was convicted in one of the state’s most notorious murder cases was one of the nearly 2,500 people whose federal drug-related prison sentences were commuted by former President J
Outcry growing over Biden clemency for CT man convicted in killing of mom and her son
Bridgeport Mayor Ganim called it a ‘terrible miscarriage of justice.’ He’s right too,” state Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding, R-Brookfield, said.
New outrage over President Biden granting clemency to Connecticut convicted murderer
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Family Outraged as Biden Commutes Convicted Murderer's Sentence
In a surprising move, Adrian Peeler, convicted in the 1999 Bridgeport murders of 8-year-old Leroy "B.J." Brown and his mother, Karen Clarke, is set to be released in July following a commutation by former President Biden.
Massachusetts man on Biden’s clemency list had teenager make fentanyl deliveries, Boston man is a longtime crack cocaine dealer
Massachusetts man on Biden’s clemency list had teenager make fentanyl deliveries, Boston man is a longtime crack cocaine ...
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Biden Makes History by Commuting 4,000 Total Sentences in Last Days in Office
This morning President Joe Biden announced that he is commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people serving longer prison ...
In one final insult to victims, Biden commutes sentences of killers and sex traffickers
I guess sex trafficking, violent assault, gun possession and murder all count as “non-violent drug offenses” in Joe Biden’s ...
Biden pardons 2,500 ‘non-violent drug offenders,’ setting a record. How does his pardon count compare?
President Joe Biden breaks clemency records, labels pardons as an efforts to correct 'historic injustices.' More pardons than ...
Biden commutes sentences of thousands of crack cocaine offenders
Outgoing president’s announcement comes just weeks after he pardoned son Hunter following drug addiction battle ...
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Joe Biden commutes 2,500 'disproportionately long' drug sentences in final days of term
With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history,' Biden noted ...
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Biden sets pardons and commutations record with new clemency for nonviolent drug offenders
President Joe Biden said Friday he is commuting the sentences of ... who received lengthy sentences based on discredited ...
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Everyone Biden Has Granted Presidential Pardons and Commutations
Just minutes before his presidency ended, as Joe Biden was seated to watch ... based on discredited distinctions between crack and powder cocaine, as well as outdated sentencing enhancements ...