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Biden's Death Row Clemency Proves Need for Death Penalty Dec. 24, 2024
Why did President Joe Biden commute the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates? To start with, t... Read More
Biden's Clemency for Federal Prisoners Is Only Part of the Story Dec. 24, 2024
SAN DIEGO — There are three things you need to know about the media and how they approach anyt... Read More
Will Biden's Commutation Further Chill Clemency in Pennsylvania? Dec. 17, 2024
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro recently pointed out that "Governors and presidents have unique power... Read More
When Clemency Is Not Enough Mar. 12, 2024
Ever hear of Philip Esformes? If you haven't, chances are you will hear about him this summer or fal... Read More
Would an Independent Commission Solve the Clemency Backlog? A New Bill Would Transfer the Review of Petitions from the Justice Department to a Presidentially Appointed Board Dec. 15, 2021
When Jimmy Carter became president in 1977, fewer than 500 clemency petitions were pending at the Ju... Read More
Coward Cuomo's Last Act of Treachery Aug. 24, 2021
Disgraced Andrew Cuomo abandoned the New York governor's mansion last week, leaving nearly 15,000 de... Read More
Presidential Mercy Is a Woefully Inadequate Remedy for Injustice: The Controversy Over Trump's Pardons and Commutations Highlights Longstanding Problems With Clemency Jan. 27, 2021
When Donald Trump pardoned Steve Bannon last week, the outgoing president blocked the former White H... Read More
Justice and Mercy Meet on a Slow Road Apr. 02, 2015
In commuting the sentences of 22 federal drug offenders Tuesday, President Barack Obama has begun to... Read More
Obama Adds to List of Clemencies; Nixon Does Not Dec. 25, 2013
For Gov. Jay Nixon, one is the loneliest number. As the days are marked off the calendar one by one,... Read More
The Anti-Pardon Pardon Attorney Dec. 24, 2013
The Department of Justice should get a new name — like the Department That Can See No Evil, th... Read More
After Long Struggle, Justice Finally Prevails Dec. 20, 2013
President Obama commuted the sentences of eight crack-cocaine offenders Thursday, including that of ... Read More
The Punishment Is the Crime Nov. 20, 2013
Nine years ago, Ronald Washington swiped two Michael Jordan jerseys from a Foot Locker in Shreveport... Read More
