Biden also pardoned Don Scott (D), the Speaker of Virginia’s House of Delegates ... his clemency petition has received overwhelming support. Biden also commuted the sentence of Michelle West ...
But Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sharply criticized Biden’s action as being unfair to Gibson’s memory. “I am beyond outraged and in utter disbelief ...
Biden said he believes the amendment is in effect after Virginia became the 38th state ... the 1982 deadline passed without the necessary support from three-fourths of the states.
On his last full day in the White House, President Joe Biden has pardoned Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who served nearly eight years in prison after a 1994 conviction on ...
Over the last decade, however, three additional states ratified the amendment, with Virginia in 2020 purporting to become the 38th state to do so. Thus, according to Biden, the ERA passed the ...
President Biden used his clemency power today, his last full day of presidency, to pardon 5 individuals and commute the sentences of 2 others. One of those pardons went to Speaker of the Virginia ...
Also receiving pardons were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice reform and gun violence prevention. Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon ...