Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“Biden recently announced pardons for thirty-nine people. All had been convicted of non-violent offenses, mostly drug offenses, mostly committed in their late teens or early twenties. All have served out their sentences and appear to have made respectable lives since. Pardoning them means that they no longer have a conviction on their record, no longer have restrictions in their right to vote, serve on a jury, own a gun, do a variety of other things. They are listed on a Clemency Recipients List from the White House with a paragraph on each; absent some additional information about their misdeeds, which I do not expect, I see nothing wrong with Biden pardoning them. Biden also commuted the sentences of 1499 people.” (12/19/24)