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

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

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 ...

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 ...

There were 629 guilty pleas. Others were found guilty by a jury of their peers. President Donald Trump offered excuses and misinformation, referring to the convicted rioters as hostages and saying ...

Edward Burke has become the latest Chicago Democrat to seek clemency from someone who, at first blush, would seem like an unlikely benefactor: Republican President Donald Trump. Burke, who was ...

Edward Burke is asking President Trump to reduce his prison sentence for his conviction on racketeering and bribery charges. Burke, 81, has filed a petition ... is now seeking clemency from ...

the President granted Mabilog’s petition for executive clemency in connection with his administrative case, thereby removing the penalties or disabilities resulting from such case,” Executive ...

Last Monday was a big day for presidential clemency, but that does not mean it was a good day. Both outgoing President Joe Biden and incoming President Donald Trump used that power in self ...