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

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

Two tragedies. Fifty years apart. Two egregious decisions. With no legitimate explanation. Republicans and Democrats alike condemn the last-minute act by Joe Biden to commute the sentence of Leonard ...

There is no limit to the number of pardons a U.S. President can issue, there are still some restrictions. Bitzer told WCNC Charlotte in an email that pardons are one of the broadest grants of ...

"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 ...

The low bar for pardons under presidents from both parties invites people do bad things because the risk of consequence is ...

unless the president places conditions on the pardon or commutation. But a recipient of a pardon or commutation necessarily accepts the conditions if he accepts the pardon or commutation itself.

Nearly five years after commuting former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s federal prison sentence, President Donald Trump on Monday ...

Adherence to established and neutral procedures would help bring much-needed credibility to the pardon process, and help stop the usage pardons and commutations as a political tool.

Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Joe Biden ...

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has been released from a high-security Florida prison. For nearly half a century, Peltier's imprisonment has symbolized systemic injustice for Native Americans who ...

Blagojevich was commuted after serving nearly eight of his 14-year sentence in February 2020, during President Trump's first ...