GV Wire Article RatingBiden Pardons Former Secret Service Agent and 2 Others - GV Wire - Explore. Explain. Expose
Apr 27, 2022 View Original Article
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| "In the years since her release from prison, Bogans has held consistent employment, even while undergoing cancer treatment, and has raised a son.-- Dexter Jackson , 52, of Athens, Georgia, was convicted in 2002 for using his pool hall to facilitate the trafficking of marijuana." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Some criminal justice advocates are pressing for Biden to act with more haste, calling on the president to establish a permanent clemency review board." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "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 nation's incarcerated population." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Prosecutors alleged that Baon, who had yet to stand trial when he was pardoned, had duped thousands of donors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Trump's chief campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border." | Negative | -20% 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 |
| "Bolden in an interview said he believed Biden sympathized with him and saw a need to honor due process in my case." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "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 |
| "Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, granted 144 pardons and clemency to 238 during his four years in office." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, granted 144 pardons and clemency to 238 during his four years in office." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Biden said the new initiatives are vital to helping the more than 600,000 people released from prison each year get on stable ground." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "Helping those who served their time return to their families and become contributing members of their communities is one of the most effective ways to reduce recidivism and decrease crime, Biden said." | Positive | 4% 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 |
| "White House counsel Dana Remus, at a virtual roundtable discussion on Tuesday with formerly incarcerated people hosted by the Biden administration, said that the pardons and commutations are just the begiing.The President will continue to review clemency petitions over the coming months, Remus said." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "He was also lobbied by celebrity Kim Kardashian as well as advisers inside the White House, including daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner, as he weighed applications for clemency." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Some criminal justice advocates are pressing for Biden to act with more haste, calling on the president to establish a permanent clemency review board." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The Republican used his pardon authority to help several political friends and allies, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Republican operative Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "With the slate of pardons and commutations aounced Tuesday, Biden has issued more grants of clemency than any of the previous five presidents at this point in their terms, according to the White House." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "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 | -12% Liberal |
| "In addition to the grants of clemency, Biden aounced several new initiatives that are meant to help formerly incarcerated people gain employment -- an issue that his administration is driving home as key to lowering crime rates and preventing recidivism." | Negative | -12% 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 reform ushered into law by the Trump administration." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Prosecutors alleged that Baon, who had yet to stand trial when he was pardoned, had duped thousands of donors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Trump's chief campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border." | Negative | -12% 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 over 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 |
| "Among Trump's final acts as president was pardoning his former chief strategist Steve Baon and Al Pirro, the ex-husband of Fox News host and Trump ally Jeanine Pirro." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Among Trump's final acts as president was pardoning his former chief strategist Steve Baon and Al Pirro, the ex-husband of Fox News host and Trump ally Jeanine Pirro." | Negative | -28% 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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53% : In the years since her release from prison, Bogans has held consistent employment, even while undergoing cancer treatment, and has raised a son.-- Dexter Jackson , 52, of Athens, Georgia, was convicted in 2002 for using his pool hall to facilitate the trafficking of marijuana.47% : Some criminal justice advocates are pressing for Biden to act with more haste, calling on the president to establish a permanent clemency review board.
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 nation's incarcerated population.
40% : Prosecutors alleged that Bannon, who had yet to stand trial when he was pardoned, had duped thousands of donors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Trump's chief campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border.
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.