The Trump administration has quietly rejected nearly 6,000 clemency applications, including thousands of requests for pardons and sentence commutations, according to Justice Department records.

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It’s unusual for criminal defendants to seek pardons before they are even convicted, but Trump has upended norms around clemency in his second term with his use of the pardon power to benefit ...

The recent commutation of disgraced former Congressman George Santos provides a good opportunity to look at the dramatic ways President Donald Trump’s policy for pardons and clemency differs from past ...

"For 250 years, America has stood as a Nation that believes in the potential of its people," the Trump administration said in ...

When former GOP Congressman George Santos received a surprise commutation from President Donald Trump last week—just 84 days into his seven-year federal sentence—many Americans were understandably ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday fired two members of the state’s clemency board after they spoke out against his controversial decision to grant clemency to Tina Peters – an election denier ...

New York advocates want to improve the state’s clemency process. The Restoration of Rights Project considers the state’s clemency process uneven, which some attribute to the hoops and hurdles of the ...