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Biden Grants Clemency to Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, Pardoning Four Others and Commuting Two Sentences
Jan 19, 2025, 03:42 PM
On January 19, 2025, President Joe Biden exercised his clemency powers on his last full day in office, granting a pardon to Don Scott, the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Scott, who was convicted of a non-violent drug offense in 1994, had served a ten-year prison sentence. Biden also commuted the sentences of two other individuals and pardoned four additional people. Virginia House Speaker Don Scott's pardon has been recognized as a significant step towards redemption, with supporters highlighting his service and leadership in the Virginia House of Delegates.
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