Biden said in a statement, those whose sentences were commuted were serving disproportionately long sentences compared to what they would receive today, calling the move an important step toward righting historic wrongs, correcting sentencing disparities, and providing deserving individuals the opportunity to return to their families.
Recall, Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others last month.
Among those pardoned in December was Biden’s son Hunter, who was facing a possible prison sentence after being convicted of gun and tax crimes.
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Biden has meanwhile reportedly been debating whether to issue blanket pardons for some allies and former officials amid fears they could be targeted for what Trump has previously called retribution. In December, Biden also commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row.
Three men were excluded from the move: one of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombers, a gunman who murdered 11 Jewish worshippers in 2018 and a white supremacist who killed nine Black churchgoers in 2015.
Trump has indicated that he will resume federal executions, which were paused while Biden was in office.