@return2ozma to News • 2 days agoBiden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemencyapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square64arrow-up1285arrow-down17cross-posted to: politicspolitics
arrow-up1278arrow-down1external-linkBiden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemencyapnews.com@return2ozma to News • 2 days agomessage-square64cross-posted to: politicspolitics
minus-square@wolfpack86link1•2 hours agoCommutations, not pardons. They’re still convicted felons, and we must assume deservedly so (I acknowledge some crimes are bullshit, eg marijuana charges). They don’t particularly deserve pardons, they deserve humane sentences for their crimes – actual rehabilitation, mental health support, etc.
Commutations, not pardons.
They’re still convicted felons, and we must assume deservedly so (I acknowledge some crimes are bullshit, eg marijuana charges).
They don’t particularly deserve pardons, they deserve humane sentences for their crimes – actual rehabilitation, mental health support, etc.