Presidential pardon

In the remaining weeks of his presidency, President Joe Biden on Dec. 12, 2024, reduced the prison sentences of 1,499 people and approved 39 pardons. Two South Carolina women are on the president's clemency recipient list.

President Joe Biden has pardoned six people who've served out sentences after convictions on a murder charge and drug- and alcohol-related crimes. Those granted pardons include an 80-year-old Ohio woman convicted of killing her abusive husband about a half-century ago and an Arizona man who pleaded guilty to using a telephone for a cocaine transaction in the 1970s. The other people pardoned are from South Carolina, Florida and California.