President Trump commuted Alice Johnson’s life sentence during his first term, and later pardoned her for her drug conviction.

"The increased pardon activity has elevated public attention on pardon power. This article explores the history, scope, and limitations of the pardon power, and provides answers to some practical ...

Blagojevich was commuted after serving nearly eight of his 14-year sentence in February 2020, during President Trump's first ...

In a new development, the Department of Justice said Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 defendants should apply more broadly and include separate gun charges, as well.

Skeptics have suggested that Trump’s threats are mostly hot air. They reckon that the U.S. legal system — with its life-tenured judges, juries, constitutional rights, burdens of proof, rules of ...

There are no prospective pardons for any offense that someone might be charged with later. Tennessee governors provide the worst and best examples of this process. Ray Blanton left office under ...

for example, and Trump couldn’t be prosecuted for said unlawful detention. He could then use another core constitutional power — the pardon power — and pardon those who carried out his ...

“Breaking News, News Update, BIDEN PARDONS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ... The Instagram post is an example of what could be called "stolen satire," where content originally written and presented ...

In 2021, for example, Texas GOP Sen ... Asked for comment this week about Trump’s pardons of those who had assaulted police officers on January 6, Cruz told The Dispatch: “Call our press ...