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Coverage dated January 16, 2025

Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders

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Biden has now set the presidential record for most individual pardons and commutations issued. Here's what to know

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  1. InForum

    Biden commutes more sentences, this time for 2,500 non-violent drug offenders (opens InForum)

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    InForum's feed description

    In issuing the commutations, Biden acknowledged that he's given more individual pardons and commutations than any predecessor.

  2. Winchester Star

    Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges (opens Winchester Star)

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    Winchester Star's feed description

    President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. Friday

  3. Fox News

    Biden commutes nearly 2,500 more sentences in final days of presidency (opens Fox News)

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    President Biden has issued another act of clemency by commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 inmates convicted of non-violent drug offenses in the final days of his presidency.

  4. Time

    Biden Sets Record Commuting Sentences During Final Week (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people.

  5. CNN

    Biden commutes sentences for nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders convicted on crack cocaine-related charges (opens CNN)

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    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.

  6. The Boston Globe

    Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 drug offenders (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The commutations are for offenders who received harsher sentences for drug crimes than they would under current practices, a move aimed at reversing long-standing criminal justice disparities, Biden said.

  7. FOX 5 DC

    Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    Biden has now set the presidential record for most individual pardons and commutations issued. Here's what to know

  8. NBC4 Washington

    Biden sets record for most pardons and commutations with new round of clemency for nonviolent drug offenders (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    The president is commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses in the biggest single-day act of clemency.

  9. Forbes

    Biden Commutes Sentences Of Nearly 2,500 People Convicted Of Nonviolent Drug Offenses (opens Forbes)

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    Biden said he believes the people he is granting clemency to are “serving disproportionately long sentences” based on harsher old laws.

  10. Deutsche Welle

    US President Biden commutes prison sentences of nearly 2,500 – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Those benefiting from Biden's decision are convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. Biden said the action would provide relief to those who received longer sentences then they would have been served today.

  11. Blaze Media

    Biden continues 11th-hour clemency blitz, commuting sentences for another 2,500 criminals (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    Biden boasts the record for most clemency acts.

  12. Townhall

    Joe Biden Commutes Sentences of 2,500 People Sentenced for Nonviolent Drug Charges (opens Townhall)

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  13. Breitbart News

    Joe Biden Sets Record by Commuting 2,500 Drug Offender Sentences (opens Breitbart News)

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    President Joe Biden is commuting 2,500 criminal sentences for nonviolent drug offenses he deems "disproportionately long."

  14. WHDH Boston

    Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days

  15. Reason

    Biden has now issued far more commutations than any of his predecessors (opens Reason)

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    The president's record-shattering clemency actions help ameliorate the damage caused by the draconian drug policies he supported for most of his political career.

  16. The Guardian

    Joe Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders (opens The Guardian)

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    Total number of pardons and commutations issued by US president is now higher than any of his predecessors

  17. Black Enterprise

    Biden Decreases Number Of Black Incarcerated People: Pardons Nearly 2,500 Nonviolent Drug Offenders (opens Black Enterprise)

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    President Biden said pardons are an 'important step toward righting historic wrongs' following years of increased penalties for drug users.

  18. Los Angeles Times

    Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug charges (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    President Biden is commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses to nullify prison terms he deemed too harsh.

  19. Washington Examiner

    Biden grants clemency to 2,500 drug offendes (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Joe Biden, in a final act in the White House, announced a new wave of federal commutations.

  20. Anchorage Daily News

    Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    President Biden said he’s seeking to undo “disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today” and that he’ll “continue to review additional commutations and pardons.”

  21. WMUR

    Biden Commutes 2,500 Sentences in Clemency Record (opens WMUR)

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    President Biden commutes sentences for nonviolent drug offenses, setting a record for clemency actions and addressing sentencing disparities.

  22. ABC 7 Chicago

    President Joe Biden pardons nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    "With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history," President Joe Biden wrote in his...

  23. Newsweek

    Biden commutes nearly 2,500 sentences, setting Presidential clemency record (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, setting a presidential record.

  24. Al Jazeera

    Biden grants clemency to 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Outgoing US president says move is ‘important step toward righting historic wrongs, correcting sentencing disparities’.

  25. The Washington Free Beacon

    Biden Commutes 2,500 Sentences, Shattering Single-Day Record Days Before Leaving Office (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    The Washington Free Beacon's feed description

    President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of roughly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders Friday, breaking his own record for single-day commutations just days before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

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