President Biden announced Friday he would commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses ...

President Joe Biden is granting clemency for nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders in the final days in office, placing a focus on sentencing disparities for crack cocaine-related crimes.

President Biden on Friday commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 convicted criminals — setting a new record for most individual pardons and commutations ever issued by a president.

President Biden announced Friday he would commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses as one of his last major moves just days before leaving office. Biden sa… ...

President Biden on Friday announced he would commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses as one of his last major moves just days before leaving office.

Biden commutes the sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders President Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Jan. 10, 2025. (Ben Curtis, Associated Press) ...