拜登单日恩赦近1,500人：赦免39人并为近1,500名居家服刑者减刑
美国总统拜登12月12日在华盛顿宣布，赦免39名已成功改过自新的人，并为近1,500名正在服长期监禁刑的人减刑。白宫称，这是现代史上单日规模最大的恩赦行动。
据白宫声明与事实清单，获得减刑的近1,500人是在新冠疫情期间被置于居家服刑的人，已在家服刑至少一年并成功重新融入家庭与社区；其中许多人若按今天的法律、政策与做法被起诉，刑期会更低。获得赦免的39人所涉为非暴力犯罪、包括毒品犯罪，白宫称他们已经改过自新，并致力于让自己的社区更强大、更安全。
拜登在声明中表示，美国建立在可能性与第二次机会的承诺之上；作为总统，他有幸向已表现出悔改与改过自新的人施以宽仁，恢复美国人参与日常生活、贡献社区的机会，并着手消除非暴力罪犯、特别是毒品犯罪者的量刑差距。
拜登同时表示，未来几周他还会采取更多步骤，其政府将继续审查恩赦申请，以推进法律之下的平等正义、促进公共安全、支持改过与重返社会，并提供有意义的第二次机会。白宫指出，拜登是历史上第一位对单纯使用与持有大麻者、以及因性取向被定罪的前 LGBTQI+ 军人发布类别化赦免的总统；至本届任期此时点，他已发布的减刑数量超过其近几任前任在第一任期同一时点的数量。（来源：白宫）
Biden Grants Clemency to Nearly 1,500 People in Largest Single-Day Act: 39 Pardons and Nearly 1,500 Commutations
President Joe Biden announced in Washington on December 12 that he was pardoning 39 people who have shown successful rehabilitation and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people serving long prison sentences. The White House said the actions represent the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.
According to the White House statement and fact sheet, the nearly 1,500 people receiving commutations were placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic, have been serving their sentences at home for at least one year, and have successfully reintegrated into their families and communities; many of them would receive lower sentences if charged under today's laws, policies and practices. The 39 people receiving pardons were convicted of non-violent crimes, including drug offenses, and, the White House said, have turned their lives around and shown a commitment to making their communities stronger and safer.
Biden said in the statement that America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances, and that as President he has the great privilege of extending mercy to people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation, restoring opportunity for Americans to participate in daily life and contribute to their communities, and taking steps to remove sentencing disparities for non-violent offenders, especially those convicted of drug offenses.
Biden added that he will take more steps in the weeks ahead and that his Administration will continue reviewing clemency petitions to advance equal justice under the law, promote public safety, support rehabilitation and reentry, and provide meaningful second chances. The White House noted that Biden is the first President ever to issue categorical pardons to individuals convicted of simple use and possession of marijuana and to former LGBTQI+ service members convicted because of their sexual orientation, and that he has issued more sentence commutations at this point in his presidency than any of his recent predecessors at the same point in their first terms. (Source: The White House)
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