{"id":2391743,"date":"2025-01-17T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-unprecedented-mass-sentence-commutation-for-2500-criminals\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T13:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:28:24","slug":"biden-announces-unprecedented-mass-sentence-commutation-for-2500-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-unprecedented-mass-sentence-commutation-for-2500-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Announces Unprecedented Mass Sentence Commutation for 2,500 Criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-announces-unprecedented-mass-sentence-commutation-for-2500-criminals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On\u2062 Friday, President Joe\u200d Biden announced the commutation of nearly 2,500 non-violent offenders, marking a\u200c notable milestone as \u2064he has now issued\u2062 more pardons and commutations than any other U.S.president in history.Biden emphasized \u200dthe importance of addressing disparities in sentencing related to \u2064drug \u2063offenses, especially highlighting the need to \u200drectify past\u2062 injustices \u200dstemming\u2063 from outdated distinctions \u200dbetween crack and powder cocaine. He cited the Fair Sentencing Act and the First Step Act as legislative steps toward equalizing these sentencing disparities.<\/p>\n<p>Biden expressed his commitment\u200b to continuing his clemency\u2063 efforts,\u200c stating that he would \u2064be\u200d reviewing additional cases for commutation and pardon. He previously issued a record number of 1,500 clemency acts\u200b in December and later commuted\u2062 the\u2062 sentences of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/firing-squad-or-electric-chair-the-new-choice-for-sc-death-row\/\" title=\"Firing Squad or Electric Chair: The New Choice for SC Death Row?\">37 death row inmates<\/a>. Controversially, Biden&#8217;s \u2063clemency actions included a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">faced felony tax charges<\/a>, a \u2062decision that attracted \u200dcriticism from both parties. Biden&#8217;s clemency \u200cinitiatives are positioned as efforts to \u2064correct\u200b historic wrongs and provide deserving individuals a chance at reintegration into their communities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden proudly announced the commutation of almost 2,500 &ldquo;non-violent&rdquo; criminals in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2025\/01\/17\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-additional-clemency-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today&rsquo;s clemency action provides relief for individuals who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-commutations-give-thousands-of-nonviolent-drug-offenders-another-chance-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden commutations give thousands of nonviolent drug offenders another chance - Washington Examiner\">received lengthy sentences based<\/a> on discredited distinctions between crack and powder cocaine, as well as outdated sentencing enhancements for drug crimes,&rdquo; Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/1500-leftist-congressional-staffers-beg-house-senate-leadership-shortened-work-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a> recognized through the Fair Sentencing Act and the First Step Act, it is time that we equalize these sentencing disparities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This action is an important step toward righting historic wrongs, correcting sentencing disparities, and providing deserving individuals the opportunity to return to their families and communities after spending far too much time behind bars.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Even with President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/reason-michelle-obama-skipping-trumps-inauguration-not-one-pretend-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inauguration<\/a> just days away, Biden said he still isn&rsquo;t finished.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am proud of my record on clemency and will continue to review additional commutations and pardons,&rdquo; Biden said in the statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Brain Pudding to announce more pardons.<\/p>\n<p>KJP: &ldquo;We will be making some more additional announcements on pardons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To date, the corrupt Biden regime has commuted approximately 1,500 sentences and granted 39 pardons, marking the largest single-day act of clemency in&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lwpooGnxdZ\">pic.twitter.com\/lwpooGnxdZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; I Meme Therefore I Am &#127482;&#127480; (@ImMeme0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImMeme0\/status\/1877821705395065227?\">January 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a similar action in December, Biden announced clemency for 1,500 criminals &mdash; at that time the most in a single day, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/12\/23\/fact-sheet-president-biden-commutes-the-sentences-of-37-individuals-on-death-row\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Later that month, he commuted the sentences of 37 criminals on death row, reclassifying their sentences from execution to life without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/2-death-row-inmates-stun-nation-say-wont-take-bidens-commutations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two of those<\/a> death row inmates rejected Biden&rsquo;s clemency action.<\/p>\n<p>Biden mentioned two laws in his Friday statement.<\/p>\n<p>The first was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ussc.gov\/research\/congressional-reports\/2015-report-congress-impact-fair-sentencing-act-2010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fair Sentencing Act<\/a> of 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The act reduced the statutory penalties of crack cocaine offenses and eliminated the minimum sentence for possessing it.<\/p>\n<p>The second was the 2018 First Step Act, which allowed the aforementioned law to reduce the penalties for crack cocaine offenses that predated the 2010 law, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/biden-record-most-pardons-commutations-2500-nonviolent-drug-offenses-rcna188081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Biden: I will NOT pardon Hunter<\/p>\n<p>KJP: Biden will NOT pardon Hunter, no, no, it&rsquo;s a no<\/p>\n<p>Also Joe Biden: Ok, I&rsquo;m pardoning Hunter (50 days before leaving office) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GKKtP2e2WY\">pic.twitter.com\/GKKtP2e2WY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RT (@RT_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/1863473223750287365?\">December 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Biden&rsquo;s most controversial pardon was that of his own son Hunter Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/12\/01\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Dec. 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The younger Biden pleaded guilty in 2024 to a nine-count indictment, including three felony tax offenses, according to a news release from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/sco-weiss\/pr\/robert-hunter-biden-convicted-three-felony-tax-offenses-and-six-misdemeanor-tax-offenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Department of Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The move was one that both Republicans and Democrats harshly criticized, especially considering that the Biden Administration repeatedly denied the president would pardon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/millions-dollars-worth-stored-hunter-biden-art-destroyed-la-fires-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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He stated that this clemency action offers relief to those who received long sentences due to outdated distinctions between crack and powder cocaine, as well as old sentencing enhancements for drug offenses. Biden emphasized the need to address these sentencing disparities, referencing the Fair Sentencing Act and the First Step Act as steps toward correcting historical injustices and allowing deserving individuals to reunite with their families after excessive incarceration. Despite Donald Trump&#8217;s upcoming inauguration, Biden expressed his commitment to continue reviewing additional pardons and commutations. In December alone, he granted clemency to 1,500 individuals in a single day and later reclassified 37 death row inmates&#8217; sentences from execution to life without parole. His statement also highlighted two significant laws aimed at reducing penalties for crack cocaine offenses: the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 and the First Step Act of 2018. One of his most controversial actions was pardoning his son Hunter Biden on December 1 after Hunter pleaded guilty to multiple felony tax charges earlier that year\u2014a decision met with criticism from both sides of the political aisle despite previous denials from his administration regarding such a pardon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2391744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Biden-17.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,33010,41697,48697],"class_list":["post-2391743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-criminal-justice","tag-prison-reform","tag-sentence-commutation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Biden-17.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391743"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391751,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391743\/revisions\/2391751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}