President Joe Biden granted clemency Thursdsy to nearly 1,500 individuals who committed non-violent crimes, including 11 South Dakotans.

Some social media users criticized giving clemency to Shanlin Jin, who pleaded guilty to possession of child porn.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett praised Biden's actions, highlighting the pardon of Lashundra Tenneal Wilson, 49, of Arlington, who has "turned her life around after a non-violent conviction as a teenager.

WASHINGTON—President Biden is commuting the sentences of around 1,500 people while he considers more clemency actions before he leaves office, including possible pre-emptive pardons of officials who have clashed with President-elect Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in an expansive act of clemency in the final weeks of his presidency.