President Biden used his clemency power today, his last full day of presidency, to pardon 5 individuals, and commute the sentences of 2 others. One of those pardons went to Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Don Scott.

Virginia House Speaker Don Scott was pardoned Sunday by President Joe Biden for a felony drug conviction Scott received in 1994 while he was a law school student.

Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), the first Black person to serve as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, was convicted in 1994 of a non-violent federal drug-related offense.

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On his last full day in the White House President Joe Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who served nearly eight years in prison on a drug-related offense.

moved to Virginia and decided to take the state bar exam in 2014. He opened his law office in Portsmouth in 2016 and was elected to the House of Delegates in 2019. With a quick wit and sharp ...

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – President Biden used his clemency power today, his last full day of presidency, to pardon 5 individuals and commute the sentences of 2 others. One of those pardons went ...

(AP) — The Virginia House of Delegates passed resolutions on Tuesday enshrining rights to abortion, voting and marriage equality in a critical step for Democrats hoping to amend the state's ...

President Joe Biden officially pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott on the 1994 federal drug charges for which Scott previously served eight years in prison.