Categories Selected Articles President Biden commutes nearly 1,500 jail sentences, grants pardons to dozens more Post author By Mike Nova Post date December 12, 2024 President Biden is commuting the sentence of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning another 39 convicted of nonviolent crimes, marking the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. ← American who was detained by Assad regime while on Christian pilgrimage freed → Biden Issues Record-Breaking Wave of Commutations and Pardons