Lagos State Government has sanctioned the release and commutation of sentences for 91 inmates, reinforcing its commitment to ...

Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences to life in prison without parole, as they seek to appeal their cases and ...

In a recent interview, George Santos compared Donald Trump commuting his prison sentence to the president pardoning Jesus ...

In simple terms, a commutation reduces a criminal penalty. This may include shortening a prison sentence or replacing a death sentence with life imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, which forgives a crime ...

Two convicted murderers spared from execution by President Biden’s controversial clemency last month have asked a federal court to let them stay on death row. Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis — both ...

A New England man who was on death row after he “senselessly killed” a man and was indicted for sending bomb threats to the home of former President George H. W. Bush is on President Biden’s federal ...

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 ...

Donald Trump commuted Ponzi fraudster David Gentile's 7‑year sentence after just 12 days, sparking outrage from investors, legal experts, and public interest advocates.

A former Pennsylvania judge who helped orchestrate one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S.history — a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks — was among the 1,500 ...

The Marion County district attorney this week said she asked Gov. Tina Kotek to revoke the commutations of dozens of people who committed new crimes or are suspected of doing so after they were ...

"He deserved to be behind bars, not walking as a free man," said Governor Shapiro. The President's decision surrounding Conahan is now sparking debate over his legacy in his hometown of Scranton. Back ...

GPB's use of investor capital to pay investor proceeds instead of tapping into funds from its current operations constituted ...