President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of about 1,500 individuals who had been launched from jail and positioned in dwelling confinement through the coronavirus pandemic and has pardoned 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes, together with a 51-year-old lady from suburban Chicago .
Diana Bazan Villanueva, convicted of a nonviolent drug crime when she was 20, was amongst these pardoned Thursday. In the assertion announcing his gracethe White House cited La Grange’s mom’s dedication to her kids, her volunteer efforts and her heat demeanor.
The White House says it’s the largest act of clemency in trendy historical past. The clemency follows a broad pardon for his son Hunter, who was prosecuted for weapons and tax crimes. Biden is beneath stress from advocacy teams to pardon massive swaths of individuals earlier than the Trump administration takes over in January.
He can be contemplating whether or not to grant preemptive pardons to those that investigated Donald Trump’s try and overturn the 2020 election and who’re going through attainable retaliation when he takes workplace.
Here is the total checklist of these pardoned by Biden and the place they reside:
Alabama
- Nina Simona Allen – Harvest, Alabama
California
- Gregory S. Ekman – Fountain Valley, California
Colorado
- Johnnie Earl Williams – Denver, Colorado
Connecticut
- Sherranda Janell Harris – Norwalk, Connecticut
Delaware
- Patrice Chante Sellers – Bear, Delaware
Florida
- Jose Antonio Rodriguez – Coral Springs, Florida
Illinois
- Diana Bazan Villanueva – La Grange, Illinois
Indiana
- Emily Good Nelson – Indianapolis, Indiana
Kentucky
- Edwin Allen Jones – Paducah, Kentucky
Louisiana
- Trynitha Fulton – New Orleans, Louisiana
Maine
- Michael Gary Pelletier – Augusta, Maine
Maryland
- Arthur Lawrence Byrd – Clinton, Maryland
Minnesota
- Sarah Jean Carlson – Coon Rapids, Minnesota
- Kelsie Lynn Becklin – Falcon Heights, Minnesota
- Lashawn Marrvinia Walker – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nevada
- Lora Nicole Wood – Maxwell, Nevada
New Mexico
- Paul John Garcia – Las Vegas, New Mexico
New York
- Kimberly Jo Warner – Portville, New York
Ohio
- Duran Arthur Brown – Cleveland, Ohio
- James Russell Stidd – Groveport, Ohio
- Kim Douglas Haman – Lima, Ohio
- Jamal Lee King – North Ridgeville, Ohio
Oklahoma
- Shannan Rae Faulkner – Muldrow, Oklahoma
Oregon
- Gary Michael Robinson – Redmond, Oregon
South Carolina
- Shawnte Dorothea Williams – Columbia, South Carolina
- Denita Nicole Parker – Gaffney, South Carolina
Tennessee
- James Edgar Yarbrough – Arlington, Tennessee
Texas
- Lashundra Tenneal Wilson – Arlington, Texas
- Mireya Aimee Walmsley – La Porte, Texas
- Nathaniel David Reed III – San Antonio, Texas
Utah
- Stevoni Wells Doyle – Santaquin, Utah
Virginia
- Brandon Sergio Castroflay – Alexandria, Virginia
Washington
- Rosetta Jean Davis – Colville, Washington
- Terence Anthony Jackson – Seattle, Washington
- Russell Thomas Portner – Toutle, Washington
Washington, DC
- Norman O’Neal Brown – Washington, DC
Wisconsin
- Audrey Diane Simone (Audrey Clark) – Prescott, Wisconsin
- Jerry Donald Manning – Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Wyoming
- Honi Lori Moore – Rock Springs, Wyoming
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