On his final day in office, President Joe Biden pardoned five people, including a prominent civil rights activist who died in the 1940s and the speaker of the Virginia House.

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Biden closes out term with more clemency orders, pardons

Virginia House Speaker Don Scott told CBS News through tears that he is "so very grateful."

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Biden pardons Marcus Garvey, Don Scott and 3 others in final full day action

President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to improving their communities."

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Biden pardons Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, Black nationalist Marcus Garvey

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Joe Biden was still handing out pardons on his last day in office - He even commuted the sentence of a bank robber.

Joe Biden utolsó hivatali napján is kegyelmeket osztogatott - Még egy bankrabló büntetését is enyhítette.

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Joe Biden still granted pardons on his last day in office

The outgoing US president also commuted the sentences of two other people who were convicted in the 1990s.

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Biden pardons five people on last day in office

In addition to Garvey, Ravidath "Ravi" Ragbir, Don Leonard Scott, Jr., and Kemba Smith Pradia are also among those pardoned.

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Biden issues more pardons, commutations on final full day in office

Among those pardoned are several people convicted of drug abuse, as well as an activist representing immigrants.

A kegyelemben részesülők között többen vannak, akiket kábítószerrel való visszaélés miatt ítéltek el, valamint van egy bevándorlókat képviselő aktivista is.

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Biden didn't lie to himself: they received presidential pardons in the final hours

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Richmond native Kemba Smith received a pardon from United States President Joe Biden on Sunday. On Sunday, Jan. 19, Biden announced that he used his clemency power to pardon Richmond native and criminal justice advocate Kemba Smith Pradia, who was previously convicted of a non-violent drug offense in 1994 and was sentenced to 24 years in prison. According to the White House, Smith's sentence was commuted by then-President…

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — President Biden used his clemency power today, his last full day of presidency, to pardon 5 individuals and commute the sentences of 2 others. One of those pardons went to the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Don Scott. In a statement put out by the White House, President Biden talked about America being a country built on the promise of second chances and said he has used his clemency powers to "make that prom…

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Joe Biden pardons Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Don Scott

President Joe Biden issued a pardon Sunday of Virginia House Speaker Don Scott for a 1994 non-violent drug offense for which he served almost eight years in prison. “America is a country built on the promise of second chances,” Biden said in a statement, as he issued multiple pardons and sentence commutations. Scott, a trial lawyer and Navy veteran, was elected to the Virginia legislature in 2019. In January 2024, he became the first Black speak…

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