Clemency

If the package is signed into law, Scott Walker's unforgiving clemency legacy could continue.

• By Jack Denton

President Donald Trump on Wednesday commuted the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, who has already served 21 years of a life sentence for charges of cocaine possession and money laundering.

• By Francie Diep

The presidential pardon power is limited only by shame and politics, one expert says, and Trump is beholden to neither.

• By Kate Wheeling

On Wednesday, President Obama commuted the sentences of 214 people, the most issued in a single day since 1900.

• By Jared Keller

Is this the beginning of a new trend in commutations?

• By Annie Waldman

Prisoners’ advocates call the reforms a step forward, but they don’t address discrimination in presidential pardons or apply to everyone serving harsh sentences from outdated guidelines.

• By Kara Brandeisky