‘I am a free citizen once again’: DC man among those pardoned by President Biden

Nebraska woman among those pardoned by Joe Biden

Lora Wood was one of 39 people pardoned for non-violent crimes by U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday. Wood pleaded guilty to meth possession with intent to distribute in 2004.

With Biden’s pardon, long-awaited joy for Md. man

Arthur Lawrence Byrd received a pardon from President Biden, 35 years after pleading guilty to non-violent offenses.

‘I am a free citizen once again’: DC man among those pardoned by President Biden

President Joe Biden issued pardons on Thursday for 39 people convicted of nonviolent crimes as part of the largest single-day act of clemency in modern U.S. history. One of those individuals who received a pardon lives in the District. D.C. resident Norman Brown was one of three people in the D.C. region to receive a presidential pardon from Joe Biden. (Courtesy Norman Brown) Norman Brown, 56, served 20 years in prison for a nonviolent drug conv…

Paducah man among dozens pardoned by President Joe Biden

Eddie Jones, a Paducah attorney, received a presidential pardon Thursday for nonviolent drug charges he pleaded guilty to in 2002.(McCracken County) Eddie Jones, 60, had his life changed by addiction. In an interview, he said he started using drugs in 1999. By 2002, he was living with addiction and had pleaded guilty to nonviolent federal drug offenses. “Like many addicts, every day, I'd wake up and say, ‘I'm not going to use,’ and then I would …

2 men from the Pacific Northwest pardoned by President Biden

On Dec. 12, President Biden announced he granted clemency to Gary Michael Robinson, 70, of Oregon and Russell Thomas Portner, 74, of Washington.

4 PNW residents among Americans pardoned by President Biden

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Four Pacific Northwest residents were among the group of people pardoned by U.S. President Joe Biden. The White House revealed the president’s list of clemency recipients on Thursday. With 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations issued, the move from Biden has been described as the “largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.” Owner of now-shuttered Vietnamese restaurant sues Portland over odor code According …