Clemency provides a final space for judgment once judicial review has ended. Particularly in death penalty cases, it serves ...

Alabama death penalty advocates are urging Governor Kay Ivey to halt the execution of 75-year-old Charles "Sonny" Burton, a ...

President Donald Trump is taking an increasingly personal role in the government’s clemency process, wielding pardons with historic frequency to aid allies and advance his own political grievances.

SAN investigates implications of Jan. 6 clemency as some pardoned individuals face new criminal charges and convictions. The ...

A Georgia judge on Monday ordered a temporary pause to a December execution that was already put on hold, saying questions about the state’s clemency process must be addressed before Stacey Humphreys ...

A Georgia judge on Monday ordered a temporary pause to a December execution that was already put on hold, saying questions about the state’s clemency process must be addressed before Stacey Humphreys’ ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul closed out 2025 by granting clemency to 13 New Yorkers, issuing 11 pardons and commuting the sentences of ...

In recent months, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has assumed greater authority over the presidential clemency process, tightening internal controls and reasserting oversight after reports that ...

To close out 2025, Gov. Kathy Hochul ​​granted clemency to 13 people across the state, including a Massapequa native and a Queens native who was convicted of ...