Watch the full release of 39 people pardoned by the President

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in “the largest one-day act of clemency in modern history,” the White House announced Thursday.

According to a White House press release, the amnesty will be extended to approximately 1,500 people who have been in home confinement during the COVID pandemic, as well as 39 additional people who have been convicted of nonviolent crimes, particularly drug crimes, and have “demonstrated successful rehabilitation.” .

Biden said in the statement that he would “take further steps in the coming weeks” and continue to consider clemency petitions to “advance equal justice under the law, promote public safety, support rehabilitation and reintegration, and provide meaningful second chances.”

The White House said those pardoned include a decorated military veteran, a nurse who helped drive vaccination efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic and an addiction counselor who volunteers to help young people.

The moves come less than two weeks after Biden pardoned his son Hunter for gun and tax crimes, sparking a bipartisan backlash.

Who are the 39 people Biden pardoned?

The White House released the names of the 39 pardoned people in a press release on Thursday:

Nina Simona Allen
Kelsie Lynn Becklin
Duran Arthur Brown
Norman O’Neal Brown
Arthur Lawrence Byrd
Sarah Jean Carlson
Brandon Sergio Castroflay
Rosetta Jean Davis
Stevoni Wells Doyle
Gregory S. Ekman
Shannan Rae Faulkner
Trynitha Fulton
Paul John Garcia
Kim Douglas Haman
Sherranda Janell Harris
Terence Anthony Jackson
Edwin Allen Jones
Jamal Lee King
Jerry Donald Manning
Honi Lori Moore
Emily Good Nelson
Denita Nicole Parker
Michael Gary Pelletier
Russell Thomas Portner
Nathaniel David Reed III
Gary Michael Robinson
Jose Antonio Rodriguez
Patrice Chante seller
Audrey Diane Simon
James Russell Stidd
Diana Bazan Villanueva
Lashawn Marrvinia Walker
Mireya Aimee Walmsley
Kimberly Jo Warner
Johnnie Earl Williams
Shawnte Dorothea Williams
Lashundra Tenneal Wilson
Lora Nicole Wood
James Edgar Yarbrough

Contributors: Gabe Hauari, Joey Garrison, USA TODAY

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