In December 2024, Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and pardoned 39 others convicted of nonviolent crimes.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is ...