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In addition to interceding if someone had “unfairly been punished by the justice system,” scholar Stewart Ulrich emphasizes this motivation of early presidents to use pardons to help “keep political ...

President Donald Trump is taking an increasingly personal role in the government’s clemency process, wielding pardons with historic frequency to aid allies and advance his own political grievances.

Colorado's governor remains mum on DOJ's request to move former county clerk Tina Peters from state custody to federal ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the contentious appeal weeks after President Trump had made the same request to the ...

Each year when the president did the White House turkey pardons it always seemed kinda funny, even from prison. Seeing the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles put on the same show was not funny ...

First lady Melania Trump looks on as President Trump pardons Gobble, one of the National Thanksgiving Turkeys. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) President Trump pardoned two turkeys on ...

The turkey pardon marks a yearly opportunity for a cornucopia of jokes and a moment to give thanks — providing some levity amid a range of global crises and plenty of political upheaval. Unlike ...

The article argues that President Trump has misused the presidential pardon power. It suggests a constitutional amendment is needed to limit this exclusive presidential authority. Amending the ...

President Trump has changed the pardon process in his second term to reward the wealthy and well-connected, according to former Pardon Attorney Elizabeth Oyer. "All of the traditional rules and ...

Yolanda Saldívar was sentenced to life in prison for the 1995 shooting death of her former friend, pop icon Selena Quintanilla. Once the president of Quintanilla’s fan club, Saldívar’s relationship ...

Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, received a pardon from U.S. President Donald Trump in October 2025, but the process was far from a simple phone call, according to Zhao’s lawyer, Teresa Goody ...