Clemency

Oklahoma's new Attorney General Gentner Drummond plans to ask the state's Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday to recommend sparing the life of death row inmate Richard Glossip, a highly unusual move for the state's top prosecutor's…

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 13: Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft delivers remarks during the National Police Week 31st Annual Candlelight Vigil on the National Mall May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The 11th…

Gov. Jared Polis granted clemency to 24 people in Colorado’s criminal justice system Thursday, including a former state trooper who pointed a gun at a motorist, the co-defendant in a case where a prisoner was accidentally released early and…

Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania invoked a classic film in an interview published Tuesday to defend giving murderers clemency as he faces attacks over his record on crime.. “It’s really a very simple choice. I believe the…