Tennessee Governor Pardons

FILE - Gov. Bill Lee speaks during a news conference at the end of the 2024 legislative session Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

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Tennessee's GOP governor is pardoning 43 more people. He stresses it's not like what Biden did

Tennessee's GOP governor is pardoning 43 more people. He stresses it's not like what Biden did

Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he is pardoning 43 people who have served out their sentences in what he says is 69制片厂制作传媒渧ery different69制片厂制作传媒 than President Joe Biden69制片厂制作传媒檚 recent wave of commutations. Lee69制片厂制作传媒檚 latest clemency moves are nearly double his next highest total for a single year. But Lee on Friday specifically noted that he chose not to shorten any sentences, known as commutations. He said the people receiving pardons have finished their sentences. Last week, Biden commuted sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic. Biden also pardoned 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes.