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.One notable name on the list is former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell, who was convicted more than a decade ago in the largest municipal embezzlement case in U.S. history. Crundwell served time in federal prison before being moved to house arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, she has been granted her freedom.
Originally sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison, she was released to home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and has since been living outside Dixon with her family.Danny Langloss, Dixon's current city manager and the town's police chief at the time of her arrest, expressed shock and disbelief at the recent developments."It just shocks the conscience that it was bad enough that she was put to home arrest.
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