Prez Trump is not yet tired of using his clemency pen, as this new New York Times piece reports: "President Trump on Wednesday issued full and unconditional pardons to two Washington, D.C., police ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the imprisoned creator of a dark web marketplace for drugs and other illicit products whose case had become a cause célèbre ...

Interim changes to the Justice Department's policy regarding charging and sentencing arenecessary in order to implement policies articulated in President Trump's January 20, 2025 Executive Orders ...

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At the local level, sheriffs ofer have responsibilities for jails. At the national level, the President has ultimate reponsibility for federal prisons. And, with a new President, we get some new ...

“The Government’s most solemn responsibility is to protect its citizens from abhorrent acts, and my Administration will not tolerate efforts to stymie and eviscerate the laws that authorize capital ...

Prez Trump, only hours after returning to the presidency, made robust use of his clemency powers by granting commutations and pardons for via this order titled "GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF ...

Given his many notable clemency actions before his last day in office, I had a feeling out-going Prez Joe Biden was going to keep using his clemency pen up to the very last monment. These various ...

In this post four years ago as Prez Biden took over from Prez Trump,  I noted that, on the the first full day of the new Biden Administration (January 21, 2021), the federal Bureau of Prisons then ...

From the Sacremento Bee, " Voters approved a new crime law in California. Sacramento-area prosecutors quick to use it " From wbur, " Has the First Step Act helped to reduce harsh prison sentences? " ...

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As reported in this New York Times piece, "President Biden pardoned five activists and public servants on Sunday, including a posthumous grant of clemency to the civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, who ...