The grant of clemency, Biden explained, “provides relief for individuals who received lengthy sentences based on discredited ...

In response to these developments, the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 reduced the 100-1 crack-to-powder ratio to 18-1 and ended mandatory minimum sentencing for simple possession of cocaine.

Former U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 people on federal death row to life imprisonment. A ...

He is now the president with the highest number of pardons in history. President Joe Biden has now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in history, after announcing ...

“As Congress recognized through the Fair Sentencing Act and the First Step Act, it is time that we equalize these sentencing disparities,” he said, adding that he would continue to review ...

President Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 inmates convicted of non-violent drug offenses in the final days of his presidency.

The president is commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses in the biggest ...

The president noted Congress in recent years has passed the Fair Sentencing Act in 2010, which ended the five-year mandatory minimum sentencing for possessing crack cocaine, and the First Step Act ...