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A man to be executed in Arkansas next month is making a last ditch push for clemency
Williams' sister, several cousins, and a psychology professor all testified in the case that Willia…
Veronika Bondarenko
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Obama is approving hardly any clemency requests from the fastest growing group in prison
Povah is now the founder and president of CAN-DO Clemency, a nonprofit that advocates for clemency …
Michelle Mark
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This 'peacenik Deadhead' was set to die behind bars - until Obama granted him clemency
Ogilvy said the president's decision to grant Tyler clemency wasn't entirely unexpected - Ogilvy be…
Erin Fuchs,Michelle Mark
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The founder of Silk Road is dictating tweets from the prison where he's serving life - and he's convinced 55,000 people to sign his petition for clemency
The Twitter account @RealRossU was opened in June and sent its first tweet on July 19. The tweet li…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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Obama is trying to fix the 'war on drugs' with clemency - but it won't make a dent in mass incarceration
Early in October, Obama commuted the sentences of more than 100 inmates, bringing his total to 774 …
Michelle Mark
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Trump's election is bringing a whole new urgency to the thousands of inmates who have petitioned Obama for clemency
Most prisoners and criminal justice reform advocates had already assumed Obama's clemency push woul…
Michelle Mark
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Trump pulled a list of controversial clemencies by Clinton and Obama out of his suit jacket to defend his pardon of Joe Arpaio
Trump singled out a handful of people granted clemency in recent years. First on his…
Mark Abadi
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Prisoners set free by President Obama are urging him to expand his clemency program before he leaves office
It suggests that all nonviolent drug offenders with clear conduct have their sentences reduced to f…
Michelle Mark
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British billionaire slashes the price of his London mansion by $13 million, saying the rich are fleeing the UK. See inside the storied property.
The house has previously hosted celebrities like Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss. It is on the market f…
Nathan Rennolds
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The son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid got his prison time reduced for a DWI crash that left a child with a brain injury
Andy Reid's son had his remaining prison time commuted and reduced to house arrest. Britt Reid was …
Associated Press
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Trump pardoned a hodgepodge of controversial figures, from Joe Arpaio to Roger Stone. Now, dozens of them are contributing to his 2024 bid or have spread his false election claims.
In an analysis of Trump's clemency orders, The Washington Post found that dozens of the recipients …
John L. Dorman
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Trump hung up on Kim Kardashian in 2021 because he thought she voted for Biden, book says
"Hell no," the ex-president told Kardashian, per a forthcoming book by Jonathan Karl. "You voted fo…
John L. Dorman
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I was sentenced to life in prison for a first-time offense. 21 years later, Kim Kardashian pushed for my release.
After she was sentenced to life for a first-time offense, Alice Johnson advocated for change within…
Yoonji Han
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Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani plotted to sell presidential pardons for $2 million a piece, former staffer says in lawsuit
In a lawsuit filed against Trump's former lawyer, a staffer alleged she was told to refer people se…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A convicted Ponzi schemer whose sentence Trump commuted after an intense lobbying push is now being charged with defrauding investors, again
Trump's commutation of Eliyahu "Eli" Weinstein's sentence was one of his final acts as president. I…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Trump's pardoning of a Kushner-linked drug smuggler undercut a larger DOJ investigation
On his last day in office, Trump pardoned Jonathan Braun, a convicted smuggler, despite later calli…
Lloyd Lee
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Trump won't permanently lose his right to vote in Florida if he's convicted of any of the 91 felony charges he faces and he can thank voting rights activists for passing a constitutional amendment that Ron DeSantis opposed
Without civil rights activists' efforts in 2018, Trump's right to vote after a felony conviction wo…
Bryan Metzger
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Oklahoma continues execution spree with inmate who attorneys argued was insane and 'essentially nonfunctional'
Benjamin Cole's attorneys argued that he is schizophrenic and suffers from brain damage. A judge, h…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Kim Kardashian recalls testifying at the murder trial of her boyfriend's mother when she was 14: 'To have that experience at such a young age was insane'
Kim was dating TJ Jackson, the nephew of Michael Jackson, when the trial for the murder of his moth…
Barnaby Lane
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Trump called on lawmakers to institute the 'death penalty for drug dealers' despite the fact that he pardoned people convicted of selling drugs
Despite calling for the death penalty, Trump pardoned several drug dealers, saying they were model …