Biden commutes 1,500 jail sentences, grants pardons for 39 others: 'Largest single-day grant of clemency'
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President Biden commuted 1,500 jail sentences and pardoned 39 others on Thursday in the largest single-day act of clemency in modern American history, according to the White House.
The 39 individuals pardoned were convicted of non-violent crimes.
"The President has issued more sentence commutations at this point in his presidency than any of his recent predecessors at the same point in their first terms," the White House said.
The move comes as the president faces bipartisan scrutiny for pardoning his son, Hunter, of felony gun and tax charges.
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