If Congress will recognize the longstanding problem of the presidential pardon power and act on its responsibility – always a ...

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 ...

Holmes reported to the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas, in May 2023 and was supposed to serve 11 years for fraud. Holmes founded the blood testing company Theranos and repeatedly lied ...

President Donald Trump has pardoned or granted clemency to 12 current or former House members throughout both terms, serving as an unusually extensive use of commutation power for legislators. Trump ...

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, ...