President Joe Biden handed out a historic number of pardons and clemency orders during his final days in the White House.
“As president, I have the great privilege of extending mercy to people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation, restoring opportunity for Americans to participate in daily life and contribute to their communities, and taking steps to remove sentencing disparities for nonviolent offenders, especially those convicted of drug offenses,” Biden said in a statement.
During what the White House described as “the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history,” Biden, in early December, commuted the sentences of approximately 1,500 prisoners and pardoned another 39 citizens. One in particular, his son Hunter Biden, sparked backlash. However, there are many other convicted criminals whom critics similarly say did not merit the act of…
