The Colorado Constitution gives the governor the power of clemency, which allows the granting of mercy or leniency to a ...

President Donald Trump granted clemency to nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants, cryptocurrency executive Changpeng Zhao, former ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro did not reappoint a member criticized for asking sexual questions and consistently voting no on pardons and ...

President Donald Trump has used his second term to issue pardons and clemency to political allies as well as a broad range of ...

Former Rep. George Santos, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and identity theft, is seeking clemency from President Trump, who has shown a willingness to pardon like-minded politicians facing jail time ...

Presidential pardons are broad and powerful. Their history, from the Civil War on, illuminates abuse concerns and how reforms ...

President Donald Trump reportedly granted clemency to a convicted fraudster. Trump has used the presidential clemency power, including pardons and sentence commutations, on several high-profile cases ...

A top Democrat introduced a resolution Tuesday opposing a presidential commutation or pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice to the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein who is now serving ...

There’s no question that Trump and Biden have acted within their authority in issuing pardons for federal offenses. Presidents can extend a pardon, or complete legal forgiveness of a crime, or a ...

Once the highest paid baseball player on Forbes’ top paid athletes list, Strawberry had a history of personal, legal and financial woes. Now he’s a minister. Darryl Eugene Strawberry, who spent 17 ...

In his fourth round of clemencies, Gov. Phil Murphy granted 29 pardons and 19 commutations. Inside Whig Hall on Nov. 10, Amaney Jamal, Dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs ...

President Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, center, who is the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner. The senior Kusher now serves as U.S. ambassador to France. Marko Georgiev/AP That is, until you ...