Biden pardons and commutes 1,500 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

[cdub55]

Maybe he is thinking if he lets enough people out of jail we will forget that he let Hunter off the hook. Is it me or is he using his executive power in some very interesting non-traditional ways over his last few months in office?

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

The president is also pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. The move follows a pardon for his son Hunter, who was prosecuted for gun and tax crimes.

apnews.com

 

[75thru79]

Maybe he is thinking if he lets enough people out of jail we will forget that he let Hunter off the hook. Is it me or is he using his executive power in some very interesting non-traditional ways over his last few months in office?

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

The president is also pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. The move follows a pardon for his son Hunter, who was prosecuted for gun and tax crimes.

apnews.com

My guess is he is trying to cement his legacy in any way he can since Nancy and Barack told him he can kiss his presidential library goodbye.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

maybe it is just me, but I would find it funny if he pardoned the Jan 6 people and stole trump's thunder

 

[cdub55]

maybe it is just me, but I would find it funny if he pardoned the Jan 6 people and stole trump's thunder

Lets just let them all out. We all deserve a second, third, fourth, fifth, ninety-second chance...Who are we to judge!?

 

[Bamaro]

Weren't the 1500 already on home detention?

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Weren't the 1500 already on home detention?

Yes, they had to have completed at least one year of home confinement. People don't really read the article...

 

[crimsonaudio]

Zero problem with this if they are described in the article. When people are staying on the straight and narrow and trying to do the right things (and have a track record of doing so), why not show some mercy?

 

[N.al-tider]

Zero problem with this if they are described in the article. When people are staying on the straight and narrow and trying to do the right things (and have a track record of doing so), why not show some mercy?

You mean like Hunter Biden?

 

[TIDE-HSV]

You mean like Hunter Biden?

No, with 1499. Most probably don't remember this, but Obama came under severe criticism for leaving deserving people in prison, simply because he didn't want the rep of being too lenient...

 

[crimsonaudio]

CNN: Victims ‘shocked’ after Biden grants clemency to ‘kids-for-cash’ judge and $54 million embezzler

 

[jthomas666]

CNN: Victims ‘shocked’ after Biden grants clemency to ‘kids-for-cash’ judge and $54 million embezzler

Saw that earlier today. Absolutely reprehensible.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Saw that earlier today. Absolutely reprehensible.

Yeah, surely they had someone actually parse these, I don't know how this kind of stuff slips through.

I feel confident a vast majority of these were worthy, but man...

 

[Bamaro]

Yeah, surely they had someone actually parse these, I don't know how this kind of stuff slips through.

I feel confident a vast majority of these were worthy, but man...

Sounds like Radar getting Henry to sign something.

 

[Jon]

Yeah, surely they had someone actually parse these, I don't know how this kind of stuff slips through.

I feel confident a vast majority of these were worthy, but man...

sounds like they just did a big batch of people who were sentenced during Covid. They came up with some sort of formula and granted clemency to those that fit the formula. This guy got lucky, but yeah he should have been excluded, letting him free at all is gross.