NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden announced on 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," reported The Associated Press about the move.
