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President Biden’s final commutation list was released Friday afternoon, listing the names and prison numbers of nearly 2,500 inmates whose sentences were commuted by the president’s action.
This latest round of commutations solidifies Biden’s spot as the president with the most pardons and commutations granted to individuals. The people on the list, according to a statement from President Biden, they were found to have received disproportionately harsh sentences for drug offences, compared to the sentences they would have received today.
“Today’s clemency action provides relief to people who received long sentences based on discredited distinctions between powder and crack cocaine, as well as enhancements to outdated sentences for drug offenses,” Biden said in a statement Friday. “As Congress recognized through the Fair Sentencing Act and the First Step Act, it’s time we equalize these sentencing disparities.”
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The new list of commutations comes after Biden already set a record for the largest single-day presidential clemency act last month, when he commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were placed under house arrest for the coronavirus pandemic and they were largely accused of committing non-violent drug crimes, according to the White House.
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After last month’s commutations, several Democrats urged Biden to issue even more pardons and commutations for people serving long sentences. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., who was among those pressing Biden to act, applauded the president for his action on Friday.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley called the death penalty “racist” in a statement praising President Biden’s clemency decision. (Getty Images)
“Today, President Biden is taking another historic, transformative, and compassionate step toward healing and family reunification by commuting the sentences of thousands of individuals serving unjustifiably long sentences, a direct result of the failed policies of the war on drugs,” Rep. Pressley. he said
“With this action, President Biden … is demonstrating the power of clemency to address the injustices of our criminal justice system. I thank President Biden for acting boldly and continuing to use clemency to change and save lives. This is what we’ve been calling and this is the kind of leadership that the moment demands. This will be a defining part of President Biden’s legacy.”
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