Biden pardons former Secret Service agent, 2 others | US | Journal Gazette
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"He also has pushed for better training for law enforcement and called for criminal justice system changes to address disparities that have led to minorities and the poor making up a disproportionate share of the country's incarcerated population." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
"Elected officials on both sides of the aisle, faith leaders, civil rights advocates, and law enforcement leaders agree that our criminal justice system can and should reflect these core values that enable safer and stronger communities." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
"President Biden ran on a promise to help end mass incarceration, and he has broad public support for that promise, Chettiar added." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
"America is a nation of laws and second chances, redemption, and rehabilitation, Biden said in a statement aouncing the clemencies." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
"Inimai Chettiar, federal director of the criminal justice reform advocacy group Justice Action Network, called Biden's first pardons and commutations just modest steps and urged Biden to meet the urgency of the moment." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
"Inimai Chettiar, federal director of the criminal justice reform advocacy group Justice Action Network, called Biden's first pardons and commutations just modest steps and urged Biden to meet the urgency of the moment." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
"WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term, providing clemency to a Keedy-era Secret Service agent convicted of federal bribery charges that he tried to sell a copy of an agency file and to two people who were convicted on drug-related charges but went on to become pillars in their communities." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
"Several were serving lengthy sentences and would have received lesser terms had they been convicted today for the same offenses as a result of the 2018 bipartisan sentencing changes ushered into law by the Trump administration." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
"During his 2020 White House run, Biden vowed to reduce the number of people incarcerated in the U.S. and called for nonviolent drug offenders to be diverted to drug courts and treatment." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
"Biden's grants of clemency also come as the administration has faced congressional scrutiny about misconduct and the treatment of inmates in the beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons, which is responsible for inmates serving sentences of home confinement." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
"Biden, as head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, helped shepherd through the 1994 crime bill that many criminal justice experts say contributed to harsh sentences and mass incarceration of Black people." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
46% : He also has pushed for better training for law enforcement and called for criminal justice system changes to address disparities that have led to minorities and the poor making up a disproportionate share of the country's incarcerated population.35% : "Elected officials on both sides of the aisle, faith leaders, civil rights advocates, and law enforcement leaders agree that our criminal justice system can and should reflect these core values that enable safer and stronger communities."
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.