Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two days before President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office, President Joe Biden announced he is commuting nearly 2,500 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result ...

President Joe Biden said Friday he is commuting the sentences of more than 2,000 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, cementing his legacy as the president who has issued the most individual ...

President Joe Biden today broke his own record for the most commutations issued in a single day, shortening the sentences of nearly 2,500 people who are serving time in federal prisons for nonviolent ...

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of almost all prisoners on federal death row, a move he said was consistent with the moratorium his administration has imposed on federal executions. The ...

President Obama has commuted the sentences of 22 people in federal prison for drug crimes, doubling the total number of commutations granted during his presidency. All were serving time for crimes ...

As we celebrate the birth of Christ — a season grounded in mercy and hope — President Joe Biden has exemplified these values with his decision to commute the death sentences of 37 federal inmates on ...

That’s where the Tribune’s archives help. We’ve reviewed the names of people who have received pardons or commutations going back to the 1950s. Here’s a look at people with Chicago or Illinois ...