The sitting president said they were serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive now under current law.
US President Joe Biden, at the end of his term, commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug crimes. Reuters reported this on Friday, January 17.
In a statement, Biden said they were “serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would have received under current law.”
Some citizens are pardoned because of outdated laws that set different penalties for different types of cocaine, as well as harsher sentences for drug crimes in general, said of the Biden administration.
Biden also noted that he has issued more individual pardons and commutations than any of his predecessors.
It will be recalled that in December, Biden announced pardons for 39 people and commutation of sentences for 1,500 prisoners serving long prison sentences. The relief was applied to those who were placed under house arrest during the pandemic and were successfully reunited with their families.
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