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Pardons by American presidents:

  - Bill Clinton: 459
  - George W. Bush: 200
  - Barack Obama: 1,927
  - Donald Trump (first term): 237
  - Joe Biden: 4,245
  - Donald Trump (second term): 1,600

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_or_gra...

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Off the top of my head regarding Biden's numbers: https://apnews.com/article/biden-commutes-2500-nonviolent-dr...

"he is seeking to undo “disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice.”

Numbers matter less than reasons. We should be asking why, not how many.

Would you be saying the same if the numbers were different?

Yes? Our boy in the big top hat pardoned the entire Confederacy—he's Pardons—Georg. Nobody would be dumb enough to use number of pardons to argue Lincoln was corrupt or abusing power.

4000 of Biden's pardons were mass pardons. 1500 of Trump's second term pardons are also a mass pardon of Jan 6, a decision I completely agree with. I would have pardoned them too because people were losing their minds over it to the point of not being able to be productive anymore. Honestly I feel the same way about the stupid laptop thing, you all clearly can't be normal about it so I'm ending it.

Yes. Smart people are educated to look at statistics with a critical eye, and we should be educating everyone we can do to the same.

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