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1. STILL various of President Joe Biden speaking at event
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Colleen Long, The Associated Press:
“On Thursday, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 more. And it was the single biggest act of clemency in a single day.”
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3. STILL of deputies inspecting a cell block at the Men’s Central Jail
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4. STILL of jail cells, prisoners reaching out
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Colleen Long, The Associated Press:
“Of the 1,500 or so people who sentences were commuted, they had been in prison and were released from prison and placed in home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic was particularly bad in prisons because of the circumstances of prisons, their close quarters. And so prisoners were released and placed in home confinement. And these commutations effectively end their sentences. The 39 people who are pardoned today were mostly convicted of drug offenses. They were all nonviolent crimes. And the people who were pardoned have turn their lives around and become what the White House says is their model citizens in their communities.”
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6. Hunter Biden walks past press in front of Capitol
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7. Hunter Biden leaving court holding hands with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, and flanked by Secret Service agents
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Colleen Long, The Associated Press:
“Before today, Biden had pardoned 21 people and his son, Hunter. Hunter Biden had been investigated by federal authorities for tax and gun charges. And the pardon covers a broad period of time, about ten years.”
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Washington – 12 December 2024
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Colleen Long, The Associated Press:
“Criminal justice reform advocates and lawmakers have been encouraging Biden to really take advantage of the power of clemency that’s afforded to the presidency and pardon large groups of people.”
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Washington – 11 December 2024
10. STILL of President Joe Biden speaking at event
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Paris – 7 December 2024
11. STILL of President-elect Donald Trump standing
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Colleen Long, The Associated Press:
“The president said in a statement Thursday that more pardons were coming. It’s not clear whether or not that includes preemptive pardons, which are being discussed at the White House for people who investigated President-elect Donald Trump.”
STORYLINE:
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes.
The White House is saying it’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
Associated Press White House reporter Colleen Long says of the 1500 or so people who sentences were commuted, they had been in prison and were released from prison and placed in home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic.
The clemency follows a broad pardon for his son Hunter, who was prosecuted for gun and tax crimes.
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