Would an Independent Commission Solve the Clemency Backlog? - The Liberty Dispatch
When Jimmy Carter became president in 1977, fewer than 500 clemency petitions were pending at the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney. When Joe Biden became president in January, he faced more than 15,000 petitions, a number that had risen to more than 18,000 as of Dec. 14. A bill that Rep. Ayanna Pressley …
