Pressley: Biden 'must act' on clemency before leaving office

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is renewing calls for President Biden to grant clemency to thousands of Americans serving time in federal institutions following his bombshell pardon of his son, Hunter Biden.

“Today, I’m thinking of the hundreds of thousands of people who pose no threat to society and whose lives are deteriorating due to America’s mass incarceration crisis and unjust criminal legal system,” Pressley said in a statement Monday.

“President Biden used his pardon authority last night in response to what he saw as an injustice of the legal system,” she continued. “In the remaining days of his presidency, I have called on President Biden to use his clemency power to change the lives of families across this nation — families who are disproportionately Black and brown, with loved ones behind the wall, suffering from injustices of the legal system.”

Pressley has long been an advocate for criminal justice reform and has previously called on President Biden to grant clemency to those serving time for nonviolent offenses.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pressley-biden-must-act-clemency-221732781.html

[MichMan]

1. Like Robert Menendez?

[rso]

2. Clemency

I think it’s far more important that Biden offer pre-emptive pardons for the many dozens of patriotic Americans who are on the orange felon’s target list.

[617Blue]

3. She used to be my rep in MA and I never voted for her.

I think she's an unserious fool who focuses on the wrong issues.

[Jose Garcia]

4. Sam Bankman-Fried to become Sam Bankman-Freed?