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These criminals exploited kids and the elderly. Biden just let them go. | Opinion

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President Joe Biden pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 1,500 people convicted by judges and juries.

Even fellow Democrats have reacted with scorn to Biden 's decision to reduce sentences of people who committed horrible crimes.

Biden 's legacy already was in tatters, but his decision to wipe out sentences of some criminals is shocking.

Nicole Russell : Biden 's order to wipe away the legal consequences for people who exploited the vulnerable smacks of an abuse of power.

Russell : Whatever Biden has done with this decision, it's not justice. We are a nation of laws, and punitive measures are meted out to people convicted of breaking the law for good reasons.

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