Biden said he will "take more steps in the weeks ahead" and continue to review clemency petitions to advance "equal justice under the law."

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in "the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history," the White House announced Thursday. The amnesty will be extended to roughly 1,

Emily Good Nelson was 19 years old at the time of her conviction. Now 39, she works in healthcare and speaks about drug use in the community.