President Joe Biden announced he’s using his clemency powers for the first time, issuing commutations for 75 drug offenders.
Biden also issued three pardons, including to the first Black Secret Service agent to work on a presidential detail, who had long professed his innocence.
The clemency recipients include Abraham Bolden, an 86-year-old former U.S. Secret Service agent and the first African American to serve on a presidential detail. Bolden has received numerous honors and awards for his ongoing work to speak out against the racism he faced in the Secret Service in the 1960s and his courage in challenging injustice.A jury convicted the 51-year-old in 1998 for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine in the Southern District of Texas.
“Because of the harsh penalties in place at the time she was convicted, Ms. Bogan received a seven-year sentence,” the White House said in a statement.
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