Successful petitions to receive compassionate early release from federal prisons due to health issues are rare. They are even ...

including trying to sell or trade the Senate seat that became vacant when President Obama went to the White House. It is the second time Blagojevich has received clemency from Trump; in 2020 ...

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

In 2013, Crundwell was sentenced to more than 19 years for her crime. However, President Joe Biden granted her clemency after she served only eight years. The clemency was part of a large sentence ...

Have you ever thought about the power of the presidential pardon? Until the recent pardons from Joe Biden and Donald Trump, I really did not question this power in which total control is given to the ...

The Trump White House on Wednesday sent termination notices to several U.S. Attorneys around the country who had been ...

President Joe Biden granted more acts of clemency than any U.S. president in recorded history, according to Pew Research Center. Over his four years in office, Biden issued 4,245 clemency actions, ...

At a post-inaugural prayer service Jan. 21, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked President Donald Trump to have mercy. She needn’t have bothered. It’s like asking icicles not to be cold. Cruelty is as ...

Gabbard advances: Senators voted on party lines to push forward the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic member ...