The president is pardoning people convicted on marijuana charges on federal lands and in D.C., and granting clemency to 11 people serving "disproportionately long" sentences.
He's still not pardoning anyone for state charges, but only DC and other federal territories. It's better than nothing and good for all those who benefit. It's not a fix for the carceral state and doesn't end the issue of people being in prison for things that aren't even crimes, but it's as much as could be expected within the US federal framework by a person like Biden and it seems to be him doing that thing everyone thought he did a while back.
He's still not pardoning anyone for state charges, but only DC and other federal territories. It's better than nothing and good for all those who benefit. It's not a fix for the carceral state and doesn't end the issue of people being in prison for things that aren't even crimes, but it's as much as could be expected within the US federal framework by a person like Biden and it seems to be him doing that thing everyone thought he did a while back.