Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The White House said in a statement that Peoples would have faced significantly lower sentences today under current laws.___
47% : In his first term, Trump presided over an unprecedented number of executions, 13, in a protracted timeline during the coronavirus pandemic.
37% : "I am deeply humbled to share that I have received a Presidential Pardon from President Joe Biden for a mistake I made in 1994 -- one that changed the course of my life and taught me the true power of redemption," Scott said in a statement.
34% : He announced on Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses.
17% : President Bill Clinton commuted her sentence in 2000.-- Darryl Chambers of Wilmington, Delaware, a gun violence prevention advocate who was convicted of a drug offense and sentenced to 17 years in prison.
12% : The president has announced he was commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just as Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.

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