President Biden’s Friday commutation of nearly 2,500 inmates for nonviolent drug offenses marks a new record in the breadth of individual sentences pardoned by an American president. This move, aimed at correcting long-standing criminal justice disparities, is being seen by some as a pre-retirement cleanup, potentially attempting to mask the legislative groundwork he once championed that some experts argue contributed to the disparities and mass incarceration he now seems determined to address in his final days in office.
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