Biden grants clemency to 16 nonviolent drug offenders
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Washington — President Biden on Wednesday granted clemency to 16 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, pardoning 11 of them and commuting the sentences of the other five. The pardon recipients include a woman who has since earned her doctorate, a business owner and community members involved in their churches, while one of the commutation recipients will no longer have to serve a life prison sentence. In December, the president granted categorical pardons to thousands convicted of use... Read this story at ,

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