The grant of clemency, Biden explained, “provides relief for individuals who received lengthy sentences based on discredited distinctions between crack and powder cocaine, as well as outdated ...

Adrian Peeler, a notorious Connecticut murderer and drug dealer, was among the nearly 2,500 convicted criminals whose prison sentences were commuted last week by former President Joseph P. Biden.

The men had been acquitted by a jury of the murder of a police officer, but the judge had concluded that they had been ...

With Friday's (January 17) move, Biden has granted more individual pardons and commutations than any previous president.

"With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history," President ...

The announcement follows President Joe Biden’s dramatic step to commute the sentences of 37 federal inmates facing execution ...

The announcement, coupled with Biden’s decision last month to commute the sentences of about 1,500 people put on home ...

President Joe Biden will commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders whose sentences were longer than they’d receive under current standards, the White House said in a statement ...

The president's record-shattering clemency actions help ameliorate the damage caused by the draconian drug policies he ...

President Biden commuted sentences for 2,500 non-violent drug offenders, addressing historical legal disparities, especially ...

The outgoing president is making his final days in office memorable by shattering records with the most pardons ever handed ...