President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1500 individuals placed on home confinement and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes.
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00:00The largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.
00:04President Joe Biden, commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 individuals placed on home confinement
00:10and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes. The individuals whose sentences were
00:15commuted had served at least one year under the CARES Act and demonstrated successful reintegration
00:22into their communities. Biden emphasized that many of those affected would face lesser sentences
00:28if convicted under current laws and practices. He also noted that the pardoned individuals
00:33had shown successful rehabilitation and commitment to making their communities stronger.