Biden’s Announcement of Mass Clemency Leaves 40 People to Languish on Death Row
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President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that he is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 Americans and pardoning 39 people convicted of nonviolent crimes, a move the White House described as “the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.” But the president’s sweeping use of his clemency power as his term nears its conclusion did not appear to extend to any of the 40 men…