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 ...

A North Little Rock man whose life sentence was commuted by President Joe Biden will be resentenced after an appeals court ...

From left: Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (Commonwealth Media Services); Gail Stallworth (courtesy of Cornelius Harp); then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro at a Board of Pardons meeting (via YouTube). Gail ...

For the first time in more than half a century, Marie Scott is free. Scott, 72, who served more than 52 years in prison for ...

Outgoing member John Williams faced criticism from advocates after asking sexual questions and consistently voting no against ...

President Trump said Friday he granted former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) a sentence commutation months after the ex-lawmaker reported to prison. “George has been in solitary confinement for long ...

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

President Donald Trump, right, speaks before a lunch with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, from left, as White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Vice ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI – A Saginaw woman is seeking a commutation of the life sentence she is serving for the 1986 murder of a man in Flint, claiming she acted in self-defense. Meanwhile, McLaren Flint ...

President Donald Trump said Friday evening he had just signed a commutation releasing scandal-plagued former congressman George Santos from prison "immediately." Santos was sentenced to more than ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to ...