President Joe Biden on Thursday pardoned 49 individuals and commuted the prison sentences of 1,499 more. Among those getting the commutation is former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora. Dimora spent more than a decade behind bars for corruption.

Biden said he will "take more steps in the weeks ahead" and continue to review clemency petitions to advance "equal justice under the law."

President Joe Biden on Thursday commuted the sentence for disgraced former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, ending the former Democrat’s punishment for widespread corruption that landed him in prison for more than a decade and caused a complete overhaul of the county’s government.

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of almost 1,500 people and pardoned another 39, the most ever in a single day, the White House announced on Thursday. The White House said in its announcement that those receiving clemency “have shown successful rehabilitation and a strong commitment to making their communities safer.

President Biden said on Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 people convicted of nonviolent crimes in a sweeping act of clemency during his final weeks in office.

President Joe Biden said Thursday that he was pardoning 39 people who were convicted of non-violent crimes and was commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people on home confinement, who he said have "shown successful rehabilitation and have shown commitment to making their communities stronger and safer.