总统乔·拜登在周五宣布赦免近2，500名非暴力毒品罪犯后，他现在比历史上任何一位总统都颁布了更多的个人赦免和减刑。
拜登在他任期结束前三天发表的声明中说，他正在为近2500名被判非暴力毒品犯罪的人减刑，这些人“与他们今天在现行法律、政策和实践下受到的判决相比，服刑时间过长。”
他没有提供更多细节，说明将受到赦免行动影响的确切人数、涉及的时间表或用于评估赦免的任何资格标准。
拜登写道:“今天的赦免行动为那些因可卡因和粉末可卡因之间不可信的区别而被判长期徒刑的人提供了救济，也为毒品犯罪提供了过时的量刑强化。”
在20世纪80年代，拜登支持了几项加重对吸毒者惩罚的法案，其中一项法案基本上延长了快克可卡因使用者的刑期，这些人主要是非洲裔美国人，而那些被判使用粉末可卡因的人主要是白人。
自那以后，国会一直试图通过公平量刑法案2010年和第一步行动2018年的。
“这一行动是朝着纠正历史错误、纠正量刑差异以及为那些在监狱中度过了太长时间的人提供重返家庭和社区的机会迈出的重要一步，”他说，但没有直接提及他之前的记录。
他还承认，这一决定将开创一个历史先例。
拜登在声明中说:“通过这一行动，我现在比美国历史上任何一位总统都发布了更多的个人赦免和减刑。”
拜登暗示他还没有行使赦免权，他还写道，他将“继续审查其他减刑和赦免。”
Biden pardons nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders
PresidentJoe Bidenhas now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in history, after announcing Friday that he was pardoning nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders.
Biden said in the announcement -- which came just three days before his term ends -- that he is commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses and "serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice."
He did not provide additional details as to the exact number of people who would be affected by the clemency action, timelines involved or any of the qualifying criteria used for assessing the pardons.
"Today’s clemency action provides relief for individuals who received lengthy sentences based on discredited distinctions between crack and powder cocaine, as well as outdated sentencing enhancements for drug crimes," Biden wrote.
In the 1980s, Biden supported several bills that increased penalties for drug users, including one that essentially lengthened sentences for crack cocaine users, predominantly African-Americans, as compared to those convicted of using powder cocaine, who were predominantly white.
Congress has since tried to address sentencing disparities through theFair Sentencing Actof 2010 and theFirst Step Actof 2018.
"This action is an important step toward righting historic wrongs, correcting sentencing disparities, and providing deserving individuals the opportunity to return to their families and communities after spending far too much time behind bars," he said, with no direct mention of his prior record.
He also acknowledged that the decision would set a historic precedent.
"With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history," Biden said in the statement.
Hinting he's not done yet with his pardon power, Biden also wrote that he will "continue to review additional commutations and pardons."
