### [2024-12-12](/feed/2024/12/12/index.md)

##### Federal pardons in the United States
# U.S. President Joe Biden announces pardons for 39 people convicted of non-violent offenses, and commutes the sentences of 1,500 others who had been released from prison to house arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is considered the "largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history". 




### Sources:

1. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/biden-pardons-clemency-4432002d67334e6716c2776fd73f3cc8)

### Changes:

1. Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden announces pardons of 39 people convicted of non-violent offenses, and commutations of the sentences of 1,500 others who had been released from prison to house arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is considered the "largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history".  _2024-12-13 02:35:03 (First version)_
2. U.S. President Joe Biden announces pardons of 39 people convicted of non-violent offenses, and commutations of the sentences of 1,500 others who had been released from prison to house arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is considered the "largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history".  _2024-12-13 04:35:20 (Update)_
2. U.S. President Joe Biden announces pardons for 39 people convicted of non-violent offenses, and commutes the sentences of 1,500 others who had been released from prison to house arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is considered the "largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history".  _(Current version)_

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