Biden Is Pardoning Nearly 1,500 Americans, a Record for One Day

[pawdalaw]

If Biden lurked TLR and saw how much posters talked shyt about him, he would’ve just pardoned his son and hit the

Naw, he would have freed every rapper and disgruntled weed carrier. Max B and South Park Mexican would be setting up a Valentine’s Day tour.

 

[Absolut]

Lora Nicole Wood, 39, of Maxwell, Nevada

Legit never heard of this town. Does it even exist

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Blanket and preemptive pardons are slippery slopes that shouldn't be allowed due to future ramifications, but the precedent has already been set so

What slippery slope? Explain in detail, bearing in mind that this is normal for a president when using their clemency power.

President Joe Biden issued a record-breaking wave of commutations and pardons on Thursday, the most ever granted by a president in a single day.

In a statement issued by the White House, the administration wrote that Biden is “is commuting the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and who have successfully reintegrated into their families and communities.”

The president will also be pardoning 39 individuals who were convicted of non-violent crimes, including drug offenses. The clemency granted to drug offenders — many of whom were imprisoned on low level marijuana-related offenses — partly answers a plea from Democratic lawmakers for the outgoing president to finalize efforts to limit marijuana prosecutions at the federal level before he leaves office, and grant mercy to those convicted on weed related charges.

“The President is intent on granting clemency to individuals convicted of non-violent crimes who were sentenced under outdated laws, policies, and practices that left them with longer sentences than if the individuals were sentenced today,” the White House wrote. “While today’s announcement marks important progress, there is more to come. President Biden will continue to review clemency petitions and deliver criminal justice reform in a manner that advances equity and justice, promotes public safety, supports rehabilitation and reentry, and provides meaningful second chances.”

At least he got around to making sure some folks who should have long been pardoned got one. Made sure his kid was taken care of first before pardoning folks with weed sentences

These threads really bring out the loudest most ignorant people. He's been doing this since taking office, you stupid hick.

You don't care about this, because if you did, you would know that he's been doing this all throughout his administration.

Pardons Granted by President Joseph Biden (2021-Present)

www.justice.gov

Commutations Granted by President Joseph Biden (2021-Present)

www.justice.gov

Clemency Recipient List | The White House

Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency to 78 individuals, consisting of three pardons and 75 commutations.President Joseph R. Biden,

www.whitehouse.gov

Dexter Jackson: How it feels to be pardoned by the US president

Dexter Jackson knew he had "a one in a million chance" of being pardoned - but "never lost faith".

www.bbc.com

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

What slippery slope? Explain in detail, bearing in mind that this is normal for a president when using their clemency power.

You don’t see the slippery slope and implications of doing pardons before someone is even accused of a crime? Do you really want the Trump administration to do that exact thing when they’re headed out the door?

I’m specifically referring to preemptive pardons.

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

You don’t see the slippery slope and implications of doing pardons before someone is even accused of a crime? Do you really want the Trump administration to do that exact thing when they’re headed out the door?

I’m specifically referring to preemptive pardons.

No, you're right. I saw "commutations" in your post (my fault for rushing to conclusions), when you were specifically talking about "pardons." Before-the-fact pardons shouldn't be part of their clemency powers.

 

[The Wall Brother]

You don’t see the slippery slope and implications of doing pardons before someone is even accused of a crime? Do you really want the Trump administration to do that exact thing when they’re headed out the door?

I’m specifically referring to preemptive pardons.

I'd love to live in the world of naivety that you do where you think the incoming Trump administration has any intentions of upholding tradition or decorum. They will do what they want and then find a way to justify it regardless of anything Biden does.

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

P Diddy?

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

I'd love to live in the world of naivety that you do where you think the incoming Trump administration has any intentions of upholding tradition or decorum. They will do what they want and then find a way to justify it regardless of anything Biden does.

Which changes nothing about all I said. It’s a slippery slope with implications and should have never been allowed in the first place under either party. Unfortunately, the president had already been even before Biden so

Either party doing doesn’t change my opinion in the slightest, so you can save the whataboutism for someone else.

 

[Buddy]

Coli brehs aint gonna like this. Too many pardons might lower the stock on their private prison investments

 

[Strapped]

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

For every step forward, there's always one or two steps back or betrayals when it comes to his administration/decisions.

No way should they have had their sentences commuted.

The kids for cash scandal centered on judicial kickbacks to two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US.[1] In 2008, judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella were convicted of accepting money in return for imposing harsh adjudications on juveniles to increase occupancy at a private prison operated by PA Child Care.[2]

Ciavarella disposed thousands of children to extended stays in youth centers for offenses as trivial as mocking an assistant principal on Myspace or trespassing in a vacant building.[3] After a judge rejected an initial plea agreement in 2009,[4][5] a federal grand jury returned a 48-count indictment.[6] In 2010, Conahan pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy and was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison.[7] Ciavarella opted to go to trial the following year. He was convicted on 12 of 39 counts and sentenced to 28 years in federal prison.

Two judges, Michael T. Conahan and Mark Ciavarella, were involved in a scheme where they received $2.8 million in kickbacks from the owners of private juvenile detention centers. In exchange, the judges ensured that a steady flow of juveniles was sent to these facilities.

And this disproportionately affected Black kids too.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

What kind of Black man says this about weed convicts?


bytch ass c00n

Foh fake ass militant fakkit


nikkas can’t wait to get online and cry about shyt because no one cares about their opinion IRL

 

[Absolut]

What slippery slope? Explain in detail, bearing in mind that this is normal for a president when using their clemency power.




These threads really bring out the loudest most ignorant people. He's been doing this since taking office, you stupid hick.

Solid one here by your boy

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

If Biden does that, I would not have malice in my heart for him pump faking the student loan shyt and being a old b*stard.

Free mumia abu jamal

A simple google search would have answered this

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Solid one here by your boy

I don't have a "boy" you dirty racist animal. I don't care for Biden, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to point out the misinformation you constantly spread on here. And you don't care about this, it's just something you think you can weaponize. You're on here everyday arguing against reforms, while advocating for backwards tough-on-crime laws, which make tragedies like this possible. You're still wrong on the timing of the commutations. I like how you waited until you thought you had some kind of "gotcha" to say something, too. You're a slimy piece of shyt who will exploit anything to push your agenda.