Concerns over secretive presidential pardons highlight the blurry line between legal advice and lobbying. Past cases show ...

Since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has utilized pardons and commutations to address what he has deemed injustices dealt by the justice system. A pardon essentially forgives a ...

Elizabeth Holmes seeks Trump commutation of 11-year fraud sentence. The Theranos founder's clemency petition is pending ...

Holmes reported to the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas, in May 2023 and was supposed to serve 11 years for ...

President Donald Trump has leaned into his presidential clemency powers much more aggressively in his second term –in fact, he’s pardoned one woman twice.

In a joint statement released Thursday, state Sen. Vin Gopal, and Assemblywomen Margie Donlon and Luanne Peterpaul, expressed ...

The U.S. got its law from England, and per English law, the king could pardon any convicted criminal as a “prerogative of mercy.” Case closed. The Constitution’s framers included the pardon power, ...

Elizabeth Holmes asks Trump to commute her sentence for fraud. She has 6 years left in prison. Trump's pardons have faced criticism.

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State Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R., Beaver) is on both committees, and has been a vocal advocate for criminal justice reform.