The president stated that the commutations are consistent with the moratorium his administration has imposed on federal executions, except for terrorism and hate. From David Mastio: ...
President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, ...
Mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office, ...
In the final months of his first term, President-elect Donald Trump oversaw the execution of 13 death row inmates.
Indeed, the essential legacy of Anglo-American clemency power is mercy — the executive (royal) prerogative to sand down the ...
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge in Texas ruled that Democratic President Joe Biden's administration likely ...
President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of approximately 1,500 prisoners and pardoned another 39 citizens in early ...
President Biden’s historic one-day clemency act included commutations that sparked outrage, in part because the White House ...