Did Joe Biden even look at the 2,500 cases he commuted before leaving office? Probably not. But he still took credit for setting a record.
President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of clemency actions meant to nullify prison terms he deemed too harsh.
The recent round of clemency gives Biden the presidential record for most individual pardons and commutations issued. The Democrat said he is seeking to undo “disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice.”
One of those people convicted of “non-violent drug offenses” was Adrian Peeler. Peeler was the brother of another convicted murderer, Russell Peeler, who ran a drug gang out of his home in…
