Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug

Biden  commutes sentences of nearly 2,500  people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. 
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President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 people on  Friday, the most in a single day by any  president, breaking a record he set after  granting clemency last month to  about 1,000 people  under house arrest and 37 federal  prisoners on death  row.
Biden said Friday's  pardons cover people convicted of nonviolent drug  offenses.
The president said he believes the people whose sentences he  commuted were "suffering sentences that are  disproportionate" to what they would receive "under current law,  policy and practice."
Biden said the commutations would provide relief  for those  convicted based on  "the now-discredited distinctions between crack and powder cocaine."
With the latest  pardon announcement, Biden said he  had "now issued more individual pardons and  remissions than any president in  American history."
Key Quotes
"This action is an important step toward righting  historical wrongs, correcting  disparities in sentencing, and providing deserving individuals  with the opportunity to return to their families and communities after spending too much time behind bars. I am proud of my record  of clemency and will continue to  consider additional  reductions and  pardons," Biden added in his statement. Surprising fact
With Friday's announcement, Biden  broke the record set in December for the  largest single-day  pardon by a  US president, commuting the  sentences of nearly 1,500  people, including 39 pardons  for those convicted of  non-violent crimes .
Main context
In December, Biden granted clemency to nearly 1,500 people, most of whom  had been under  house arrest during the COVID-19  pandemic, after they were released from prison to limit the  virus' impact  on prisons . The  changes were for people who  have served their  sentence at home for at least  a year and the  notice said  they have "demonstrated their commitment to rehabilitation by  finding employment and  continuing their  education". The president also pardoned 39  people who had been convicted of non-violent  crimes, including drug offenses, and had  "turned their lives  around". Weeks later, the president commuted the sentences of 37 federal  prisoners from death to life  in prison without the possibility of  parole. Biden said the  move was  prompted by President-elect Donald  Trump's promise to end  the moratorium his administration had  imposed on federal executions  except for cases involving  "terrorism and hate-motivated mass  murder ". In his announcement, the president said he was guided by his  "conscience" and said,  "I am more convinced than ever that we must  end the use of the death penalty at the federal  level."

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