Controversies are surfacing over some of those benefited by President Joe Biden's decision to conduct the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
There is the case of Rita Crundwell, a former public official convicted of embezzling over $50 million from Dixon, Illinois. Another beneficiary who is making headlines is Michael Conahan, a former judge found guilty of taking kickbacks from for-profit detention centers in exchange for sentencing minors who were not guilty of the accusations against them.
