Reason: Thousands Beg President Joe Biden for Mercy as He Pardons a Couple of Turkeys

But when the federal crisis response to the pandemic eventually ends in some unspecified future date, so does the authority to keep these people out of prison, even if they've fully complied with the terms of their releases. Sentencing reform groups like FAMM have attempted to put political pressure on Biden to use his pardoning power to keep some 4,000 prisoners from being forced to return to their cells. FAMM, Color of Change, Dream Corps, Justice Action Network, and other groups have urged people to come to a D.C. rally this afternoon to tell Biden to "pardon people not turkeys."

https://reason.com/2021/11/23/thousands-beg-president-joe-biden-for-mercy-as-he-pardons-a-couple-of-turkeys/

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