Biden used his clemency powers to pull 37 people off federal death row and instead commute their sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The 46th president — who promised ...

Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., called the clemency granted to two of the individuals "horribly misguided and insulting." In the 37 cases, Biden commuted the sentences to life sentences without the ...

Despite President Biden granting clemency to some 1,500 individuals earlier this month, some, like Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), had urged Biden to commute the death sentence for the men who ...

Every one of those stays was lifted, mostly by the Supreme Court. Many of the prisoners sought clemency from then-President Trump. Victims’ family members, trial judges, prosecutors, jurors ...

I don’t personally know the heart of outgoing Missouri Gov. Mike Parson. But it would not be a stretch to argue whether the former Polk County Sheriff actually believes in the concept of law and ...

If Joe Biden intends to humiliate every last one of his supporters before he leaves office, he is well on his way to achieving that goal. Mostly out of sight while President-elect Trump dominates ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, December 19, that the matter of clemency for Mary Jane Veloso is still far off, but acknowledged that the Philippine ...

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday said that the possibility of granting Mary Jane Veloso clemency is still "far off." “Malayo pa tayo doon. We still have to look at really what ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday said it sees no issue in granting clemency to Mary Jane Veloso, who spent almost 15 years on death row in Indonesia, but that ...

Malacañang said on Wednesday that it has yet to decide on whether to grant clemency to convicted overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso following her homecoming to the Philippines after 14 years in ...

Last Thursday, the White House announced that President Biden was “granting clemency to nearly 1,500 Americans – the most ever in a single day.” The beneficiaries of Biden’s act include ...

MANILA, Philippines — Speaking to the Philippine press for the first time in 15 years, drug trafficking victim Mary Jane Veloso appealed to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for executive clemency.