Biden commutes sentences for 11 convicted of drug crimes, targeting 'unjustified disparities'
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President Biden announced Friday his decision to provide pardons to nearly a dozen non-violent drug offenders in an effort to "advance equal justice" and "address racial disparities."
"First, I am commuting the sentences of 11 people who are serving disproportionately long sentences for non-violent drug offenses," Biden announced in a press statement. "All of them would have been eligible to receive significantly lower sentences if they were charged with the same offense today." Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
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