How the Wisconsin Legislature’s Power Grab Could Affect Pardons
If the package is signed into law, Scott Walker's unforgiving clemency legacy could continue.
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Trump Commutes the Life Sentence of the First-Time Drug Offender Backed by Kim Kardashian
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.
A Clemency Expert on Why Trump’s Pardon of Arpaio Is Both Legal and Troubling
The presidential pardon power is limited only by shame and politics, one expert says, and Trump is beholden to neither.
President Obama’s Selective Clemency Continues
President Barack Obamacommuted the sentences of 111 federal inmates today, bringing his commutations to a total of 325…
The Slow and Complicated Return of Clemency
On Wednesday, President Obama commuted the sentences of 214 people, the most issued in a single day since 1900.
‘A Message of Hope’: Obama Grants Clemency to 22 Prisoners in a Single Day
Is this the beginning of a new trend in commutations?
3 Problems With Obama’s New Clemency Initiative
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but they don’t address discrimination in presidential pardons or apply to everyone serving harsh sentences from outdated guidelines.