https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-grants-clemency-to-1500-people-pardons-39-the-most-ever-in-a-single-day/
Biden grants clemency to 1,500 people, pardons 39: ‘The most ever in a single day’
All had been placed on home confinement during pandemic, White House says; move comes after outgoing president excoriated on both sides of the aisle for pardoning his son Hunter
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Outgoing US President Joe Biden said Thursday that he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.
The move comes just over a week after the 82-year-old Biden pardoned his troubled son Hunter, something he had previously promised not to do, prompting anger from both sides of the political divide.
“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” Biden said in a statement announcing the action. “As president, I have the great privilege of extending mercy to people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation.”