President Joe Biden announced Thursday he is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were placed on home confinement during the COVID pandemic and pardoning 39 others convicted of ...

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, President Joe Biden was responsible for the biggest single-day act of clemency in U.S. history, commuting 1,500 sentences and issuing 39 pardons, including three for people ...

Betty Dickey recalls the angry young woman at the beginning of a 50-year prison sentence, causing trouble for herself and corrections officers. That person doesn't exist any more, said Dickey, a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Over recent months, pardons, clemency, and commutation have been hot-button topics when discussing politics and law, and they will likely continue to be in the future. In ...

FLINT, MI -- Nearly 40 years after Linda J. Nunn was convicted of fatally shooting a federal bank examiner during a sex-for-money scheme in Flint, she’s asking Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to commute her ...

The family members of people who have been murdered stood beside Republican lawmakers Tuesday, calling on the Connecticut State Board of Pardons and Paroles to halt the process of shortening sentences ...