President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes, including a 51-year-old suburban Chicago woman.
Diana Bazan Villanueva, convicted of a nonviolent drug offense in her 20s, was among those pardoned Thursday. In the statement announcing her pardon, the White House cited the La Grange mother’s dedication to her children, record of volunteer work and warm demeanor.
The White House says it’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. The clemency follows a broad pardon for his son Hunter, who was prosecuted for gun and tax crimes. Biden is under pressure from advocacy groups to pardon broad swaths of people before the Trump administration takes over in January.
He’s also weighing whether to issue preemptive pardons to those who investigated Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election and are facing possible retribution when he takes office.
Here’s the full list of those pardoned by Biden and where they live:
Alabama
- Nina Simona Allen – Harvest, Alabama
California
- Gregory S. Ekman – Fountain Valley, California
Colorado
- Johnnie Earl Williams – Denver, Colorado
Connecticut
- Sherranda Janell Harris – Norwalk, Connecticut
Delaware
- Patrice Chante Sellers – Bear, Delaware
Florida
- Jose Antonio Rodriguez – Coral Springs, Florida
Illinois
- Diana Bazan Villanueva – La Grange, Illinois
Indiana
- Emily Good Nelson – Indianapolis, Indiana
Kentucky
- Edwin Allen Jones – Paducah, Kentucky
Louisiana
- Trynitha Fulton – New Orleans, Louisiana
Maine
- Michael Gary Pelletier – Augusta, Maine
Maryland
- Arthur Lawrence Byrd – Clinton, Maryland
Minnesota
- Sarah Jean Carlson – Coon Rapids, Minnesota
- Kelsie Lynn Becklin – Falcon Heights, Minnesota
- Lashawn Marrvinia Walker – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nevada
- Lora Nicole Wood – Maxwell, Nevada
New Mexico
- Paul John Garcia – Las Vegas, New Mexico
New York
- Kimberly Jo Warner – Portville, New York
Ohio
- Duran Arthur Brown – Cleveland, Ohio
- James Russell Stidd – Groveport, Ohio
- Kim Douglas Haman – Lima, Ohio
- Jamal Lee King – North Ridgeville, Ohio
Oklahoma
- Shannan Rae Faulkner – Muldrow, Oklahoma
Oregon
- Gary Michael Robinson – Redmond, Oregon
South Carolina
- Shawnte Dorothea Williams – Columbia, South Carolina
- Denita Nicole Parker – Gaffney, South Carolina
Tennessee
- James Edgar Yarbrough – Arlington, Tennessee
Texas
- Lashundra Tenneal Wilson – Arlington, Texas
- Mireya Aimee Walmsley – La Porte, Texas
- Nathaniel David Reed III – San Antonio, Texas
Utah
- Stevoni Wells Doyle – Santaquin, Utah
Virginia
- Brandon Sergio Castroflay – Alexandria, Virginia
Washington
- Rosetta Jean Davis – Colville, Washington
- Terence Anthony Jackson – Seattle, Washington
- Russell Thomas Portner – Toutle, Washington
Washington, D.C.
- Norman O’Neal Brown – Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin
- Audrey Diane Simone (Audrey Clark) – Prescott, Wisconsin
- Jerry Donald Manning – Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Wyoming
- Honi Lori Moore – Rock Springs, Wyoming
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