Biden commutes 2,500 crack sentences — as pot offenders wait to see if he will fulfill promise to free them
President Biden on Friday commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 convicted criminals — setting a new record for most ...
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Biden commutes sentences for nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders convicted on crack cocaine-related charges
according to the Justice Department. The law imposed an automatic five-year sentence for possessing 5 grams of crack cocaine, while 500 grams of powder cocaine carried the same penalty.
Biden Commutes Sentences of Nearly 2,500 Drug Offenders
The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, is the broadest ...
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Backpacks with estimated $1.1 million of cocaine found in wooded area near US-Canada border
United States border patrol agents in Washington seized more than $1.1 million worth of cocaine near the Canadian ... Division of the United States Department of Justice.
Biden sets record for most pardons and commutations with new round of clemency for nonviolent drug offenders
The president said that with Friday's action he has "now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president ...
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Special counsel in Hunter Biden case denounces president for criticism of the probe
In a final report on his investigation, special counsel David Weiss said President Biden's criticism "undermines the very ...