Presidential pardons are broad and powerful. Their history, from the Civil War on, illuminates abuse concerns and how reforms ...

A top Democrat introduced a resolution Tuesday opposing a presidential commutation or pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice to the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein who is now serving ...

Trump granted Paul Pogue, the founder and former chief executive officer of a large construction company in Texas, a full pardon. In 2010, he was sentenced to three years of probation and charged ...

Former Rep. George Santos, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and identity theft, is seeking clemency from President Trump, who ...

President Donald Trump reportedly granted clemency to a convicted fraudster. Trump has used the presidential clemency power, including pardons and sentence commutations, on several high-profile cases ...

While handing out get-out-of-jail-free cards, Trump has framed his actions as a response to a politicized and weaponized justice system.

Gov. Josh Shapiro has not reappointed a longtime member of the Board of Pardons, a psychiatrist who advocates have opposed ...

Gentile was convicted in August 2024 of conspiring to defraud thousands of investors in a capital funds scheme totaling $1.6 billion.

There’s no question that Trump and Biden have acted within their authority in issuing pardons for federal offenses. Presidents can extend a pardon, or complete legal forgiveness of a crime, or a ...

In New Jersey, Governor Murphy’s latest round of clemency granted freedom to 24 people, including a former drug dealer dedicated to community service.