000@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoBiden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 people with nonviolent drug convictions.www.newsfromthestates.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down12
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkBiden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 people with nonviolent drug convictions.www.newsfromthestates.com000@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareNOT_RICK_SANCHEZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down7·5 days agoWhy do they always wait till they have a day left in office to do this?
minus-squareNuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-25 days agoIts “tradition” and ignores any questions of Presidents buying votes by… following the will of the people and demonstrating empathy.
minus-squareleadore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-25 days agoThey don’t. He’s been issuing pardons all along, including 6,500 people in 2022 for marijuana convictions. https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/joe-biden-pardons-list-5350539/ https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-joseph-biden-2021-present
Why do they always wait till they have a day left in office to do this?
Its “tradition” and ignores any questions of Presidents buying votes by… following the will of the people and demonstrating empathy.
They don’t. He’s been issuing pardons all along, including 6,500 people in 2022 for marijuana convictions.
https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/joe-biden-pardons-list-5350539/
https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-joseph-biden-2021-present