Biden announces the largest amnesty day in history
Outgoing US President Joe Biden announced today (Thursday) that he will grant a pardon to 39 Americans who were convicted of non-violent crimes, and commute the sentences of about 1,500 who were sentenced to long prison terms. The names of the convicts who received a pardon have not been published.< /p>
The US Constitution gives the president the power to grant pardons, and as the end of a term approaches, presidents usually announce a series of pardons for convicted criminals, and this time the scope of Pardons and commutations are unusual. At the White House, they said that this was the day that witnessed the largest number of pardons in American history.
The series of pardons issued by Biden comes more than a week after the outgoing president’s controversial decision to pardon his son Hunter. Biden’s son was convicted on drug and weapons charges, but his father granted him a pardon, despite promising not to interfere in the trial. The decision taken by the outgoing president this month sparked severe criticism against him in the United States.
Biden said that during the weeks he leaves office, he will continue to study requests for pardons for additional convicts.
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The president said in his statement that “America was built on the promise of second chances.” "As President, I am honored to spare people who have expressed remorse and reform, to give Americans back the opportunity to engage in daily life and contribute to their communities, and to take steps to eliminate disparities in sentencing for nonviolent offenders, especially those convicted of drug crimes."
White House lawyers said the people who were pardoned were convicted of non-violent crimes, such as drug crimes. Those whose sentences were commuted were those who were imprisoned for long periods and were sent to house arrest during the Corona epidemic, when the epidemic was raging in American prisons and one in five prisoners was infected with the virus.
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