President Joe Biden has faced criticism from victims of the so-called “Kids for Cash” scandal for commuting the sentence of a Pennsylvania judge involved in the scheme. Michael Conahan was among the nearly 1,500 people placed under home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic that Biden announced Thursday would have their sentences commuted. Conahan was jailed…
William Boyland Jr., a former Brooklyn Assemblyman whose influential family has been dubbed “the Kennedys of Brownsville,” was one of 1,583 people granted clemency by the outgoing Biden Administration Thursday. Boyland Jr., was convicted on 21 bribery and corruption charges in 2014 and sentenced to a 14-year prison term. But in February 2021, he was granted…
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others convicted of nonviolent crimes, setting a record for the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.”I think it’s a good day for many of those folks who deserve that second chance,” White House Press Secretary Karine…
A Maryland man was stunned and thankful to receive a pardon from President Joe Biden on a historic day. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: December 12, 2024 at 6:01 PM EST Source link
Topline President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday members of the House Jan. 6 committee “should go to jail” and suggested President Joe Biden should preemptively pardon them, a move Biden is reportedly considering following his surprise pardon of his son, Hunter Biden—as lawmakers and advocates make a final push for pardon requests as Biden’s term winds…
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. When Charles Turner heard that President Joe Biden had pardoned his son Hunter this week it left him feeling hopeful. After 36 years in federal prison, Turner…
President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Within hours of President Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he had pardoned his son Hunter for gun possession and tax evasion, a bipartisan backlash ensued. “No one is above the law,” scolded Jared Polis, the Democratic governor of Colorado. “What Americans can’t…