Biden Granting 1,500 People Clemency Was A Historic Act. To Actually Make History, Far More Is Needed.
Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty Waking to the news that President Biden had granted a historic number of clemencies in a single day–1,499–while also granting 39 people pardons wasn’t, to me, at all breathtaking. Rather, it was absolutely breathgiving. But as I read more about the decision, I was a bit stunned to read that…