Shugaban Amurika, Joe Biden, ya afuwa karamar hukunci ga kusan mutane 1,500 da aka sallami a gida sakamakon cutar COVID-19, a cewar sanarwar da ofishin shugaban kasar ya fitar a ranar Alhamis, 12 ga Disamba, 2024. Wannan shawarar ta zama mafi girma a tarihin zamani na Amurika.
Biden ya bayyana cewa, ‘Amerika ta girma ne kan alkawarin damar da damar sabon farin ciki.’ A matsayinsa na shugaban kasar, ina babban daraja na yin rahama ga mutanen da suka nuna kallon kai da gyara, kuma ina kawo damar Amurkawa shiga rayuwar yau da kubaya gudunmawa ga al’ummominsu, da kuma ɗaukar matakai don cire matsalolin hukunci ga masu laifin ba tashin hankali, musamman wa masu laifin magani.’
Mutane 1,500 waɗanda hukuncinsu aka afuwa sun kasance a ƙarƙashin kulle a gida tun da aka sallami su daga kurkuku sakamakon yaɗuwar cutar COVID-19. Suna cikin waɗanda suka cika shekara daya a ƙarƙashin kulle a gida bayan an sallami su. An ce sun nuna nasarar komawa cikin iyalansu da al’ummominsu.
Biden ya parda mutane 39 da aka yanke musu hukunci kan laifukan ba tashin hankali, kamar laifin magani. Wadannan mutane sun nuna nasarar gyara rayuwansu da kuma yin aiki don sa al’ummominsu zasu zama masu aminci.
Shugaban Biden ya ce zai ci gaba da bita clemency petitions a mako mai zuwa don kawo daidaito a ƙarƙashin doka, kuma yaɗa aminci na jama’a, goyi bayan gyara da komawa, da kuma bayar da damar sabon farin ciki.
