Biden pardons Marcus Garvey, Don Scott and 3 others in final full day action
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Washington — President Biden issued a handful of pardons in his final full day in office, granting clemency to individuals who he said have "made significant contributions to improving their communities" as the sun sets on his presidency.
"America is a country built on the promise of second chances," Mr. Biden said in a statement, noting that he has used his clemency power to "make that promise a reality" with more individual pardons and commutations than any other President in history — a record he set after commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people on Friday.
The president granted clemency Sunday to five people, most of whom were convicted of non-violent drug offenses, and commuted the sentence of two individuals who he said have demonstrated "remorse, rehabilitation, and redemption" in decades of incarceration.
