How Biden Can Tackle Mass Incarceration
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- Publish Date:
- December 29, 2023
- Author(s):
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- Romano, Michael
- Source:
- The New York Times
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Summary
As a candidate, Joe Biden said he would substantially reduce the federal prison population as president. Last week he commuted the sentences of 11 people who he said were serving unjustifiably harsh prison terms for drug offenses and also pardoned people convicted of certain marijuana charges. Still, the number of people in federal prison has grown during the Biden administration.
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