Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes.
Others are advocating for Biden to commute the sentences of federal death row prisoners. His attorney general, Merrick Garland, paused federal executions. Biden had said on the campaign trail in 2020 that he wanted to end the death penalty but he never did, and now, with Trump coming back into office, itâs likely executions will resume. During his first term, Trump presided over an unprecedented number of federal executions, carried out during the height of the pandemic.
Yeah, well watch that not happen.
America's bloodlust can never be satiated.
Trump will probably bring back gladiatorial combat as a Twitter video exclusive.
Put health insurance executives in the ring and I'm on board.
More likely pay-per-view torture to death.
I was hoping Roberson would have gotten a reprieve. Bloodlustâs in Texas wonât listen to anything at all.
People have loved gladiatorial combat since time immemorial.
I mean look at the popularity of Pokemon even to this day. It's basically baby's first Mandingo fight. Even kids can see the appeal of sending creatures enslaved to you to fight each other :>
If they convict Luigi fast enough, Joe could do a outstanding move.
He can pardon him now. It's only the crime (or even alleged crime) that needs to have happened before the pardon. Consider Ford's pardon of Nixon, which occurred before Tricky Dick was indicted.
Ah okay, then let's go.
Stop Luigis Detention.
Is it a federal crime? Can't pardon state/local crime
As much as I know Demos are better than Repubs, this is one of those areas where they are the same picture. Long live the ruling class!
Free Luigi!
What could Joe do for state/local crimes? He only has power to pardon federal crimes.
If he's booked, he's pardonable.
Not by the president unless it's federal crime
Don't be delusional
Trump is looking into this delusionality thing.
I can't wait for crime to spike in Trump's term and then have Biden blamed for it because of this.
You don't need to wait. You can just scroll down to the other comments right now! :D
The crime spike as it's acknowledged?
Good
Meh. These are people who were deemed too sick and old to be any kind of threat during the fucking Trump administration and released from prison back then because of the pandemic. These people should have all gotten pardons years ago, and it doesn't do anything to alleviate or address all the suffering and human rights abuses being suffered by people who are actually in prisons.
Sure
Commutations, not pardons.
They're still convicted felons, and we must assume deservedly so (I acknowledge some crimes are bullshit, eg marijuana charges).
They don't particularly deserve pardons, they deserve humane sentences for their crimes -- actual rehabilitation, mental health support, etc.
So which bus did he take for the commute?
I thought we established this, he's an Amtrak man, damnit!
He ubered
Good! It was bullshit to just pardon his son. Everyone deserves a chance to escape this hellhole.
Did you really think he would only pardon his son? It's pretty customary for presidents to pardon a bunch at the end of their term.
Good news. I was hoping to see that Leonard Peltier in there. Free Leonard Peltier!
This is nothing after pardoning his drug addict and tax evasion criminal son
Sure itâs not nothing to the people pardoned.
Edit: I am also wondering if youâre consistent with the people Trump pardoned or if youâre having double standards because itâs not your party. As I wouldnât want ANY president pardoning family members, regardless of political leaning.
Why would that make this nothing? Please, show your work.
Why? Who?
Literally the very first paragraph of the story. The very first.
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. Itâs the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
Why? Because the president has arguably unlimited power to pardon federal crimes.