President Joe Biden on Thursday commuted the sentences of 15 people convicted of federal crimes in Ohio. They were among nearly 1,500 people across the country whose sentences were commuted by Biden on Thursday.
All people who received commutations were placed under home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and “have been successfully reintegrated into their families and communities,” the White House said. Biden also pardoned 39 people, including four Ohioans, in what was the largest act of clemency by a president in modern history.
The people who received a lump sum are:
Four Ohioans were also pardoned
Biden also pardoned four Ohio residents on Thursday: Duran Brown, 44, of Cleveland; Kim Haman, 75, from Lima; Jamal King, 53, of North Ridgeville, and James Russell Stidd, 79, of Groveport.
What are pardons and commutations?
A pardon “is an expression of forgiveness and can help remove some of the consequences of a conviction,” the Justice Department said. A commutation reduces a sentence imposed by a federal court, but does not erase the record of a conviction.
Columbus Dispatch reporter Bethany Bruner contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Which Ohioans are among Biden’s 1,500 commutations?
