The Colorado Constitution gives the governor the power of clemency, which allows the granting of mercy or leniency to a ...

At least four of the 37 men whose sentences were commuted last year could face the death penalty at the state level after a ...

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

A North Little Rock man whose life sentence was commuted by President Joe Biden will be resentenced after an appeals court ...

SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Joe Biden angered law enforcement officials by commuting his ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Native American ...