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President Biden's use of clemency, including commutations and pardons, and the controversy surrounding his actions
President Joe Biden used his clemency powers repeatedly to reduce or wipe criminal drug penalties: he issued categorical pardons for thousands convicted of simple marijuana possession, pardoned 11 peo...
’s that provoked the most controversy centered on a high-profile, preemptive pardon of ; a large, year-end sweep of pardons and commutations affecting thousands (including hundreds of COVID-era home c...
There is no clear, sourced list in the reporting provided that identifies specific individuals who received more than one distinct clemency action (for example, a commutation and later a pardon, or mu...
Presidents have occasionally used commutations or pardons in ways that touch members of Congress and their networks, but the public record in the provided reporting does not offer a comprehensive tall...
President Donald Trump’s most prominent and widely reported pardon of an individual convicted for drug trafficking is that of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted in U.S...