While it is customary for presidents to grant mercy at the end of their term, never before have so many pardons or commutations been issued in a single day.
: US President Joe Biden is commuting the prison sentences of almost 1500 people and pardoning another 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes in the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
“Today, I am pardoning 39 people who have shown successful rehabilitation and have shown commitment to making their communities stronger and safer,” Biden said in a statement announcing the fresh wave of pardons on Thursday . President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a Time magazine Person of the Year event at the New York Stock Exchange.magazine’s “Person of the Year” on Thursday, beating the Princess of Wales, Elon Musk and Kamala Harris, who were among those on the shortlist.“His political rebirth is unparalleled in American history,” wrote the magazine, which has granted every president since Franklin D Roosevelt – other than Gerald Ford – the honorary title.
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