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   From: katt@gmail.com   
      
   Democratic president Joe Biden pardoned, commuted, or rescinded the   
   convictions of 4,245 people. Among them were family and colleagues of past and   
   present including the following:   
      
   Biden issued more individual pardons and commutations than any other   
   president.   
      
   Vadim Konoshchenok (July 26,2024)   
   Convictions: Conspiracy to defraud the U.S., violations of export control   
   laws, and smuggling goods.   
      
   Abraham W. Bolden Sr. (April 26,2022)   
   Convictions: Fraud and obstruction as a Secret Service agent.   
      
   Dexter Eugene Jackson (April 26,2022)   
   Convictions: Marijuana distribution.   
      
   Betty Jo Bogans (April 26,2022)   
   Convictions: Cocaine trafficking.   
      
   Mass Marijuana Pardons   
      
   In addition to individual pardons, Biden granted clemency to 6,500 individuals   
   convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law, part of his   
   broader initiative to address racial and systemic inequities in drug   
   enforcement.   
      
      
      
   In April, 2024, Biden gave pardons to the following 11 people for nonviolent   
   drug offenses:   
      
   Pilar Alejandra Yelicie-Rodriguez (April 24,2024)   
   Convictions: Drug trafficking conspiracy.   
      
   Stacy L. Wilder (April 24,2024)   
   Convictions: Cocaine possession and distribution conspiracy.   
      
   Ricky Donnell Tyler, aka Rick Tyler (April 24,2024)   
   Convictions: Multiple drug-related offenses, including possession and   
   distribution of cocaine.   
      
   Alexis Sutton (April 24,2024)   
   Convictions: Heroin distribution conspiracy.   
      
   Glenn Ray Royal, Jr. (April 24,2024)   
   Convictions: Cocaine manufacturing and distribution conspiracy.   
      
   Katrina Polk (April 24,2024)   
   Convictions: Crack cocaine distribution conspiracy.   
      
   Jesse Mosley, aka Jessie Mosley (April 24,2024)   
   Convictions: Cocaine-related offenses and use of communication for drug   
   trafficking.   
      
   Bobby Darrell Lowery (April 24,2024)   
   Convictions: Drug trafficking and firearm possession.   
      
   Jeffrey Alan Lewis (April 24,2024)   
   Convictions: Using communication tools to facilitate a felony.   
      
   Beverly Denise Holcy, aka Beverly Canty (April 24,2024)   
   Convictions: Crack cocaine distribution.   
      
   Jason Hernandez (April 24,2024)   
   Convictions: Extensive drug trafficking charges commuted in 2013 and later   
   pardoned.   
      
      
   In December 2022, Biden pardoned six people who have served out sentences   
   after convictions on a murder charge and drug- and alcohol-related crimes   
      
   Beverly Ann Ibn-Tamas (December 30,2022)   
      
   Convictions: Second-degree murder while armed.   
   Ibn-Tamas, who was 80 when she was pardoned, shot and killed her husband in   
   1976. She was pregnant at the time of the shooting and had been beaten,   
   verbally abused and threatened by her husband, including in the moments before   
   the shooting.   
      
   John Dix Nock III (December 30,2022)   
   Convictions: Marijuana manufacturing.   
      
   Charlie Byrnes Jackson (December 30,2022)   
   Convictions: Illegal distillation of alcohol.   
      
   Vincente Ray Flores (December 30,2022)   
   Convictions: Drug use and underage drinking.   
      
   Edward Lincoln De Coito III (December 30,2022)   
   Convictions: Marijuana trafficking.   
      
   Gary Parks Davis (December 30,2022)   
   Convictions: Cocaine transaction facilitation.   
      
   In April 2022, Biden pardoned three people, marking the first time he used the   
   power during his tenure.   
      
   Abraham W. Bolden Sr. (April 26,2022)   
      
   Convictions: Fraud and obstruction as a Secret Service agent.   
   Bolden was the first Black Secret Service agent to work on a presidential   
   detail, protecting John F. Kennedy. He was convicted of trying to sell a copy   
   of a Secret Service file, even after witnesses admitted to lying for the   
   prosecution in his case. Bolden had long maintained he had been wrongfully   
   convicted.   
      
   Dexter Eugene Jackson (April 26,2022)   
   Convictions: Marijuana distribution.   
      
   Betty Jo Bogans (April 26,2022)   
   Convictions: Cocaine trafficking.   
      
   On April 26,2022, Biden issued 3 full pardons and 75 commutations.   
      
   Abraham Bolden; former Secret Service agent and first African-American Secret   
   Service agent assigned to the Presidential Protective Division; charged and   
   convicted of bribery in 1964   
      
   On October 1,2022, Biden granted clemency to Franqui Flores and Efrain Antonio   
   Campo Flores, two Venezuelans who are nephews of Nicolás Maduro's wife   
   involved in the Narcosobrinos affair in 2015, as part of a prisoner exchange.   
   Among the released American detainees were five oil executives, part of the   
   group known as the Citgo Six.   
      
   On October 6,2022, Biden pardoned all those convicted of what was previously   
   the federal offense of simple possession of marijuana, totaling 6,500, via   
   Proclamation 10467. This excluded non-U.S. citizens and those who were   
   considered illegal immigrants at the time of their arrest.   
      
   On December 30,2022, Biden issued 6 pardons.   
      
   Beverly Ann Ibn-Tamas, for second-degree murder in alleged self-defense   
   against her abusive husband in 1977   
      
   Charlie Byrnes Jackson, one count of possession and sale of distilled spirits   
   without tax stamps in 1964   
      
   Vincente Ray Flores, for consuming drugs while serving in the military in 2006   
      
   John Dix Nock III, for renting and making for use, as an owner, a place for   
   the purpose of manufacturing marijuana plants in 1996   
      
   Edward Lincoln De Coito III, for conspiracy to distribute marijuana in 1995   
      
   Gary Parks Davis, for illegal use of communication facility to facilitate   
   unlawful cocaine transaction in 1978   
      
   On September 14,2023, Biden issued 3 pardons as part of a prisoner exchange   
   with Iran.   
      
   Kaveh L. Afrasiabi - conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign   
   principal; acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign principal in 2021   
      
   Amin Hasanzadeh - conspiracy to unlawfully export technology to Iran and to   
   defraud the United States; unlawful export of technology to Iran (seven   
   counts)   
      
   Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani - conspiracy to unlawfully export goods to Iran via   
   the United Arab Emirates, and to defraud the United States; unlawful exports   
   and attempted unlawful export of goods to Iran via the United Arab Emirates   
   (two counts); failure to file electronic export information; international   
   money laundering (six counts)   
      
   On December 20,2023, Biden pardoned Colombian businessman Alex Saab as part of   
   a prisoner exchange with Venezuela. Saab was detained on charges of conspiracy   
   to commit money laundering and laundering of monetary instruments (eight   
   counts).   
      
   On April 24,2024, Biden pardoned 11 people who were dealing with drugs.   
      
      
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