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 ...

In Wisconsin, the last time there was a commutation — a reduction of a criminal sentence by the governor’s authority to grant clemency — it was during Republican Tommy Thompson’s administration ...

With less than 72 hours left in the Oval Office, Obama announced 209 commutations and 64 pardons in an unprecedented decision as he prepares to step down as President. He has now commuted the ...

President Biden gave commutations of sentences to 37 people on federal death row Monday. Those who received the Monday commutations of their sentences saw them go from execution to life with no ...

President Biden will commute the sentences of roughly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses, the White House announced on Friday. “This action is an important step toward righting ...

President Barack Obama surpassed the 1,000 mark for commutations granted during his presidency on Tuesday after shortening sentences for 79 people. Obama has been granting commutations at rapid-fire ...

President Barack Obama has commuted the sentences of eight people serving time for crack cocaine offences. Mr Obama made the commutations because the prisoners were sentenced under a system that ...

A decision by Gavin Newsom to pardon 16 criminals and grant nine commutations of sentences has ignited fierce fury. The California governor signed off on a selection of 25 criminals who have a range ...

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin issued hundreds of pardons and commutations of sentences in his final days in office after his November defeat to Democrat Andy Beshear, some of which are for violent ...

That’s where the Tribune’s archives help. We’ve reviewed the names of people who have received pardons or commutations going back to the 1950s. Here’s a look at people with Chicago or Illinois ...