White House reveals Biden's final list of clemency for nearly 2,5000 people, setting new presidential record

President Biden's last database of commutations was released Friday afternoon, laying retired the names and registration numbers of astir 2,500 inmates whose sentences were reduced by the president's action.

This latest circular of commutations cements Biden's spot arsenic the president with the largest fig of pardons and commutations granted to individuals. The radical connected the list, according to a connection from President Biden, were determined to person received disproportionately harsh sentences for cause crimes, compared to sentences they would person received today.

"Today’s clemency enactment provides alleviation for individuals who received lengthy sentences based connected discredited distinctions betwixt ace and pulverization cocaine, arsenic good arsenic outdated sentencing enhancements for cause crimes," Biden said successful a connection Friday. "As Congress recognized done the Fair Sentencing Act and the First Step Act, it is clip that we equalize these sentencing disparities."

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The caller database of commutations comes aft Biden already acceptable a grounds for the largest single-day enactment of statesmanlike clemency past month, erstwhile helium commuted the sentences of astir 1,500 individuals who were placed connected location confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and were mostly accused of committing non-violent cause offenses, according to the White House. 

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Following past month's commutations, respective Democrats urged Biden to contented adjacent much pardons and commutations for radical serving agelong sentences. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., who was among those pressing Biden to instrumentality action, applauded the president Friday for his action. 

Rep. Ayanna Pressley called the decease punishment "racist" successful a connection praising President Biden's clemency decision (Getty Images)

"Today, President Biden is taking different historic, transformative, and compassionate measurement toward healing and reuniting families by commuting the sentences of thousands of individuals serving unjustified lengthy sentences—a nonstop effect of the failed policies of the War connected Drugs," Rep. Pressley said. 

"With this action, President Biden … is demonstrating the powerfulness of clemency to code the injustices of our transgression ineligible system. I convey President Biden for acting boldly and continuing to usage clemency to alteration and prevention lives. This is what we’ve been calling for and this is the benignant of enactment the infinitesimal demands. This volition beryllium a defining portion of President Biden’s legacy."

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