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NonilexAlready… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has granted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> to at least 8 individuals <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/convicted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#convicted</a> on fed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drug</a> charges. Some, incl’g Hoover, have extensive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> records involving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#violence</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gun</a> charges. “There's a lot of mixed messages &…which creates… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chaos</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/uncertainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uncertainty</a>,”said Jeffrey Singer, a drug policy analyst at Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank. "On the one hand you're threatening…tougher penalties on people who deal in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drugs</a>, while on the other hand you're releasing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugDealers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrugDealers</a> from prisons."

NonilexSo much for the whole saving money B.S.Fired <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> attorney says on TikTok that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardons</a> cost $1 billion  <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LizOyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LizOyer</a> says Americans lost out on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/restitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#restitution</a> because Trump sidestepped the usual <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> process to pardon allies.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#waste</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/01/liz-oyer-trump-pardons-restitution-1-billion/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/01/liz-oyer-trump-pardons-restitution-1-billion/</a>

NonilexFollowing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> attack, there was a wave of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#civil</a> cases & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> prosecutions that splintered the [domestic terrorist] orgs & sent many members to prison before sweeping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>. Among them were group leaders named alongside >30 others in the city’s suit, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProudBoys</a> leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OathKeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OathKeepers</a> founder Stewart Rhodes, both of whom juries <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/convicted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#convicted</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeditiousConspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeditiousConspiracy</a> for their part in trying to block the peaceful transition of power.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexAs part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> effort, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SBF</a>’s parents Mr. Bankman & Ms. Fried, who are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Stanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stanford</a> University <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> professors & longtime active <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> [shame], are consulting w/Kory Langhofer, an AZ atty who worked for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s 2016 & 2020 presidential campaigns. Politically connected businesspeople & DC lobbyists have also received outreach from intermediaries who claim to be allies of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamBankmanFried" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SamBankmanFried</a>….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#felon47</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SEC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoneyLaundering</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryptobros</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technocracy</a>

Nonilex…The push appears intended to capitalize on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a> approach to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a>. Trump favors <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardon</a> seekers w/connections to him—either personally or through lawyers & lobbyists—& claims of *prosecutorial misconduct* [perceived persecution] that echo his own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grievances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grievances</a> about the cases against him.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#felon47</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SBF</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SEC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoneyLaundering</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryptobros</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CryptoSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CryptoSummit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex…At the heart of the controversy is the vague language of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s mass <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardons</a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> *rioters*. He granted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> to anyone “convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”Jan 6 defendants have repeatedly argued that the language is so broad it covers other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimes</a> that have nothing to do w/Jan 6 but were discovered during the vast <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> probe stemming from the Capitol attack.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurrection</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#felon47</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexThe abrupt reversal prompted a federal judge — now weighing Wilson’s last-minute effort to avoid prison for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gun</a> conviction — to demand answers from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin on Wed: Who exactly did Trump mean to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardon</a> when he signed his sweeping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> order last month, & for what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimes</a>?During a 2-hr hearing in her federal courtroom, US District Judge Dabney Friedrich—a Trump appointee—grilled a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> atty about the matter & appeared to leave with more questions than answers.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

FlipboardIn New Jersey, there’s no legal mechanism for judges to take into account whether a defendant suffered abuse that may have been a factor in their committing a crime. Seventy-two percent of first-time offenders imprisoned for a violent crime in the state’s women’s prison were abused by their victim. While Governor Phil Murphy has granted clemency to some people, The ACLU of New Jersey and other groups are now advocating for a legislative fix. <a href="https://journa.host/@bolts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bolts</a> takes a look at the issue. <a href="https://boltsmag.org/new-jersey-clemency-and-sentencing-for-survivors-of-abuse/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://boltsmag.org/new-jersey-clemency-and-sentencing-for-survivors-of-abuse/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Incarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Incarceration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Prison</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/PrisonReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrisonReform</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Clemency</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Law</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewJersey</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GiftArticle</a>What to Know About <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s Broad Grant of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Clemency</a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> *Rioters* [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurgents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurgents</a>]He issued [full] formal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardons</a> to >1,550 *rioters* charged w/a wide range of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimes</a> &…commuted the sentences of 14 members of 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FarRight</a> groups, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProudBoys</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OathKeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OathKeepers</a> militia.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Felon47</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurrection</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliticalViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliticalViolence</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeditiousConspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeditiousConspiracy</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-pardons-jan6.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q04.YlGa.SQDI64UgxNnn&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-pardons-jan6.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q04.YlGa.SQDI64UgxNnn&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

NonilexHere is a copy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s proclamation granting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardons</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurgents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurgents</a>.<a href="https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/03e3cc0f9ad2d5fb/df66b9c8-full.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/03e3cc0f9ad2d5fb/df66b9c8-full.pdf</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurrection</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeditiousConspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeditiousConspiracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extremism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliticalViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliticalViolence</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> also commuted the sentence of 2 other people who are serving sentences for crimes that they committed in the 1990s that would keep them behind bars for the rest of their lives. The 2 individuals, whose petitions have overwhelming support from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> activists, will be released next month…Biden… said that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> recipients had “demonstrated remorse, rehabilitation & redemption,” & “each made significant contributions to improving their communities.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#justice</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#POTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardoned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardoned</a> 5 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activists</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicServants</a> on Sunday, including a posthumous grant of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> leader <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcusGarvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarcusGarvey</a>, who mobilized the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Black</a> nationalist movement & was convicted of mail fraud in 1923.Garvey’s posthumous pardon is among the most high profile in the latest round. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> leaders & lawmakers have long called his criminal conviction unjust & argued that he was targeted for his civil rights leadership.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#justice</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/biden-pardons-marcus-garvey.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/biden-pardons-marcus-garvey.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

DoomsdaysCWPosted from @AmnestySFDear <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PresidentBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentBiden</a>:Abby Abinanti, Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribal Court calls on you to grant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Clemency</a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeonardPeltier</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeLeonardPeltier</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Clemency</a> advocates & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> in Congress pressed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> for months to consider commutations for drug offenders serving long sentences that were reduced by the First Step Act…. In a letter to the WH in October, Senate Democrats, including Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin of Illinois, also pointed to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crack</a> cocaine offenders who received much harsher sentences than powder <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cocaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cocaine</a> offenders.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexPresidents…have broad authority to grant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> as a tool to show mercy & address injustices…. Commutations cut short federal prison terms, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardons</a> help former defendants obtain employment & regain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a>….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> used his power to help campaign donors, political allies & celebrities — many of whom went on to help him win a second term.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> campaigned in 2020 to reduce the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prison</a> population & do away with the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeathPenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeathPenalty</a>.…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>

Nonilex“It is time that we equalize these sentencing disparities,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> said in a statement. “This action is an important step toward righting historic wrongs, correcting sentencing disparities, & providing deserving individuals the opportunity to return to their families & communities after spending far too much time behind bars.”The statement said Biden’s latest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> grants mean he has issued more individual <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardons</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/commutations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commutations</a> than any other U.S. president.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardon</a>

Nonilex“The Democrats on more than one occasion have tried to make the case that we’re the adults in the room, but the American people don’t always think we’re the fighters in the room,” Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AyannaPressley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AyannaPressley</a> said. “And that’s often because we have the power but don’t use it. Scared power is no power at all. And President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> has the power.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PardonPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PardonPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeathPenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeathPenalty</a>

Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 🥥 Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 1,500 federal prisoners today. Big deal! Back when the Untied Snakes was still in Afghanistan, convicted felon President-elect Trump freed 5,000 Talban in a single day, 9/11/2020. <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/12/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-clemency-for-nearly-1500-americans/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/12/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-clemency-for-nearly-1500-americans/</a> 🥥 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pardon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Clemency</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentBiden</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ConvictedFelonTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConvictedFelonTrump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Taliban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Taliban</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TuckersBalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TuckersBalls</a>

DoomsdaysCWIt’s time for justice: Why <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeonardPeltier</a> must be granted clemencyby Donald ‘C-Note’ Hooker, December 11, 2024"Leonard Peltier’s story is one of profound injustice. Born in 1944 on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurtleMountainChippewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurtleMountainChippewa</a> Reservation in North Dakota, Peltier grew up amid systemic neglect, poverty and the long shadow of federal policies designed to undermine Native sovereignty. By the 1970s, he had become a leading figure in the American Indian Movement (AIM), which fought to address the systemic injustices faced by Indigenous communities. This activism, however, placed him directly in the crosshairs of government surveillance and repression."On June 26, 1975, a shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota left two FBI agents, Ronald Williams and Jack Coler, dead. The incident occurred against the backdrop of extreme violence and federal overreach on the reservation. Peltier, along with Robert Robideau and Darrelle Butler, was charged with the agents’ deaths. While Robideau and Butler were acquitted on grounds of self-defense, Peltier fled to Canada, where he was later extradited under false pretenses based on coerced testimony."Peltier’s trial in 1977 was marred by prosecutorial misconduct, including the suppression of key ballistics evidence that could have exonerated him. Testimony from Myrtle Poor Bear, a witness who later admitted she had been coerced by the FBI, was used to secure his extradition and conviction. Despite these glaring issues, Peltier was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. His imprisonment has since been widely condemned by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> organizations, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmnestyInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmnestyInternational</a>, as well as legal experts and former law enforcement officials."Crucially, neither the judicial nor legislative branches sentenced Leonard Peltier to death or life without parole. Yet, through repeated parole denials, he has effectively been condemned to die in prison. This abuse of the parole system undermines the fundamental principles of justice and due process, particularly when significant flaws in his trial have been acknowledged by figures like Judge Gerald Heaney, who presided over Peltier’s appeal."Leonard Peltier’s continued imprisonment is not just about one man – it is a reflection of a justice system that fails to protect marginalized communities from systemic abuses. His case is a glaring example of how unchecked power and political motivations can devastate lives and perpetuate injustice." <a href="https://sfbayview.com/2024/12/its-time-for-justice-why-leonard-peltier-must-be-granted-clemency/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sfbayview.com/2024/12/its-time-for-justice-why-leonard-peltier-must-be-granted-clemency/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeLeonardPeltier</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClemencyForLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClemencyForLeonardPeltier</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmnestyForLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmnestyForLeonardPeltier</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIM</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBI</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ACAB</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USJusticeSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USJusticeSystem</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Clemency</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PresidentBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentBiden</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FalseTestimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FalseTestimony</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PineRidge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PineRidge</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MyrtlePoorBear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyrtlePoorBear</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FBICoercement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBICoercement</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnnaMaeAquash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnnaMaeAquash</a>

Glyn Moody<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> grants largest single-day <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a> in US history, with 1,500 sentences commuted - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/12/biden-grants-largest-single-day-clemency-in-us-history-with-1500-sentences-commuted" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/12/biden-grants-largest-single-day-clemency-in-us-history-with-1500-sentences-commuted</a> "US president under pressure to pardon huge numbers of people, including those on death row, before Trump takes over" finally, now do more

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