Biden commutations 1,500 sentences, pardons 39

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Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

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Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history.

The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released.

Biden is under pressure from advocacy groups to pardon broad swaths of people, including those on federal death row, before the Trump administration takes over in January .

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