On his last full day as President, Biden issued pardons for 5 people including Don Scott, Marcus Garvey, and Kemba Pradia, a Richmond-born prison reform activist.

Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, waves to family in the gallery during the opening of the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly at the Capitol on Jan. 10 ...

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Politics | NPR Biden pardons Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, Black nationalist Marcus Garvey President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant ...

Since his release, Scott became a lawyer, got elected to the Virginia House of Delegates and became the first Black speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in 2024.