President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Also receiving pardons were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights,
On his last full day in office on Sunday, President Biden issued five pardons, including one for political activist and black nationalist Marcus Garvey.
Dr. Julius Garvey pushes for his father Marcus Garvey, who died in 1940, to receive a posthumous presidential pardon.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey ... President Bill Clinton commuted her sentence in 2000. It’s still not clear whether ...
Joe Biden made history in criminal justice reform, granting five pardons, including a posthumous one for civil rights icon Marcus Garvey.
It's not clear whether Biden, who leaves office Monday, will pardon people who have been criticized or threatened by President-elect Donald Trump.
Human rights organizations credit Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in 1923, as the first man to organize a mass movement among African-Americans
Kemba Smith Pradia was convicted of a non-violent drug offense in 1994, despite never selling or using drugs. She was sentenced to 24 year and served 6.5 years in prison for conspiracy to distributte.
President Joe Biden announced a series of last-minute pardons before leaving office Monday, granting preemptive pardons to some family members and other GOP foes, as well as a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey,
SCRANTON — Lackawanna County seeks a provider to offer GED prep courses and testing at the county prison, restoring a program there that ended during the COVID-19 pandemic. The county recently issued a request for proposals for such services with a goal of preparing inmates who lack a high school diploma for testing to earn their high school equivalency degrees.
President Biden said the decision will allow Peltier, an 80-year-old Native American activist, to fulfill the remainder of his sentence from home.