U.S. presidents have the constitutional power to exercise leniency toward people who have committed federal crimes through ...

The ex-governor said he and the president were victims of 'lawfare' and didn't address rumors that he's being considered for ...

Both Biden and Trump ‘exhibited a disregard for the work and knowledge of prosecutors and judges.’ ...

"The increased pardon activity has elevated public attention on pardon power. This article explores the history, scope, and limitations of the pardon power, and provides answers to some practical ...

Chief Justice John Marshall described a presidential grant of clemency as an “act of grace.” The president’s constitutional power to grant pardons and reprieves descends from the “prerogative of mercy ...

The Politics of Presidential Mercy, by Jeffrey Toobin “When it comes to pardons, presidents are kings,” the legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin writes in his new book, “The Pardon: The Politics of ...

Trump's decision to commute Blagojevich's sentence was met with bipartisan criticism in Illinois. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker ...

The Justice Department's directive to drop the criminal prosecution of New York Mayor Eric Adams is one more example that ...

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Trump announced he's pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison before ...