Both Biden and Trump ‘exhibited a disregard for the work and knowledge of prosecutors and judges.’ ...
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she will direct the DOJ to pursue the death penalty at the state level against the ...
The DOJ’s career pardon attorney told prosecutors that some of Biden’s moves to shorten sentences were “very upsetting.” ...
Despite his claims, the former president ordered many violent offenders released.
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 ...
President Donald Trump issued a sweeping series of pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
These types of executive pardons and sentence commutations have gotten way out of hand. They undermine our system of justice.
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.
President Joe Biden granted more acts of clemency than any U.S. president in recorded history, according to Pew Research ...
A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping his quest to limit the pardon powers of governors in his state has gotten a jolt of momentum ...
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today A proposed Constitutional Amendment that would limit a governor’s power to issue pardons and ...