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Controversy swirled last month around Carleton J. Giles, the pastor and former police officer removed by Gov. Ned Lamont as chair of the Board of Pardons and Paroles after a backlash to the dramatic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two prisoners who are among the 37 federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted last month by President Joe Biden — a move that spares them from the death chamber — have taken an unusual stance ...

Iowans who have loved ones in prison came to the Statehouse Monday to ask lawmakers to change the state’s process for considering commutation requests from those serving life sentences without the ...

Larry Hoover, the co-founder of the Gangster Disciples, is a central figure in discussions about crime, punishment, and rehabilitation in the United States. After serving decades in prison, Hoover's ...