The former comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, convicted of embezzling over $53 million from city coffers, was among nearly 1,500 people who had their sentences commuted by President Joe Biden on Thursday. Rita Crundwell, 71, served a little over eight years ...

The president commuted the sentences of 1,499 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic.

President Biden announced the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history on Thursday. He is commuting the sentences of approximately 1,500 Americans and granting pardons to 39 individuals convicted of non-violent crimes.