Democrats accused of corruption are seeking relief from President Trump as he hands out scores of pardons and drops charges ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided not to ...

Burke, who was convicted of wide-ranging corruption charges in December 2023 and sentenced last year to two years in federal ...

Trump’s FBI director nominee, Kash Patel, said during his Senate confirmation hearing he did not support granting mass ...

Vice President JD Vance on Sunday defended President Trump’s controversial move to grant clemency to more than 1,500 people ...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said that since much of Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing so far has focused on President Donald ...

The ordeal may not be over for some of the more than 1,500 Jan. 6 criminal defendants granted clemency by President Donald Trump — as certain prosecutors are investigating charges at the state level.

A woman who strangled her boyfriend and was featured in Netflix’s “I Am a Killer” series for the 2015 crime walked back a ...

While some advocates praise the commutations as a step toward ending capital punishment, others are outraged.

Melissa Calusinski was convicted and sentenced to 31 years in prison for the death of a 16-month-old in her care, but her ...

Imprisoned former Ald. Edward Burke has become the latest Chicago Democrat to seek clemency from someone who, at first blush, ...

In April 2024, more than 12 years after Melissa's conviction — with no success in the court system — Zellner filed a clemency petition asking Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to exonerate Melissa ...