After lying in state in the Georgia and U.S. Capitols, funeral services were held for 39th President of the United States ...

WASHINGTON — Tennessee Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen and two former police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol on Jan.

Over recent months, pardons, clemency, and commutation have been hot-button topics when discussing politics and law, and they will likely continue to be in the future. In this week’s Ask Isaacs, 6 ...

After initially prosecuting those who tried to overthrow an election, Presidents Grant and Hayes backed down—with ...

Seth Cole, 35, received a pardon. He was convicted of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon in 2006 in Guilford County. According to the governor’s office. Cole has graduated summa cum laude ...

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has announced state pardon for 53 convicts, including six sentenced to death for capital offences. One of those pardoned, Ojekunle Timothy, had his death ...

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, granted pardon to Segun Olowookere, who was sentenced to death by hanging for stealing a chicken and eggs in 2010. This decision comes after ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- On Monday, Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons to nine others. The governor plans more clemency announcements ...

DAVIDSON COUNTY — Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons, including a Davidson County man convicted of murder in 1999, and granted pardons to nine others on ...

A pardon is forgiveness of a crime and a commutation reduces someone's sentence. Whitmer served as the prosecutor of Ingham County in 2016 for about six months before running for governor in 2018.

In Colorado, a pardon may be granted after a conviction and is a public forgiveness for a crime after completion of the sentence. A commutation modifies a sentence. The governor relaunched the ...

One is remorse.” The governor hinted that no one, including Trump, will receive special treatment in obtaining a pardon. “No one will be treated any better, or any worse, by me when I make ...