Prices at the Pumps - April 25, 2024 #saltwire #pricesatthepumps #gaspricesWASHINGTON - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will host reality-television star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian at the White House on Thursday to discuss criminal justice reform, after President Joe Biden granted clemency to more people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses.On Wednesday, Biden granted clemency to 16 people, pardoning 11 of them and commuting the sentences of the other five.
The United States jails more people than any other country. Some 1 in 5 of those 1.9 million people are behind bars for a drug-related offense. Black and Latino people are disproportionately incarcerated, and drug law reform has the broadest support among young voters. Black, Latino and young voters tend to favor Democrats.