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 announced Thursday that he would commute roughly 1,500 sentences of people who served their sentence on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to more than three dozen pardons.

Here’s a look at who Biden has pardoned and granted clemency to, following his decision to commute the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardon 39 on Thursday.

President Joe Biden announced clemency for close to 1,500 U.S. citizens on Thursday, marking the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.

President Biden is commuting the sentence of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning another 39 convicted of nonviolent crimes, marking the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.

The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released.

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