Biden pardons six convicted of murder, drug and alcohol crimes

Those pardoned include an 80-year-old woman convicted of killing her abusive husband about half a century ago and a man who pleaded guilty to using a telephone for a cocaine transaction in the 1970s.
Biden pardons six convicted of murder, drug and alcohol crimes
President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

President Joe Biden has pardoned six people who have served out sentences after convictions on a murder charge and drug and alcohol-related crimes.

Those pardoned include an 80-year-old woman convicted of killing her abusive husband about half a century ago and a man who pleaded guilty to using a telephone for a cocaine transaction in the 1970s.

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