On his last full day as President, Biden issued pardons for 5 people including Don Scott, Marcus Garvey, and Kemba Pradia, a Richmond-born prison reform activist.

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President Biden used his clemency power today, his last full day of presidency, to pardon 5 individuals and commute the sentences of 2 others. One of those pardons went to Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Don Scott.

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As President Joe Biden approaches the end of his term, he has announced a series of last-minute commutations and pardons, including Virginia House Speaker Don Scott.

On his last full day in the White House President Joe Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who served nearly eight years in prison on a drug-related offense.