Gov. Tony Evers issued two executive orders this month that make the commutation of prison sentences available again in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Joe Biden announced Thursday he is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were placed on home confinement ...

For the second time this year, the Massachusetts Parole Board recommended Thursday commutating a prisoner's life sentence. The six-member board unanimously voted to recommend commutation of the ...

Former Rep. George Santos, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and identity theft, is seeking clemency from President Trump, who ...

Two prisoners who are among the 37 federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted last month by President Joe Biden — a move that spares them from the death chamber — have taken an unusual stance ...

For the second time in as many weeks, the Governor's Council reviewed a request to commute the life in prison sentence of a man convicted of murder. William Allen's commutation petition has been ...

During a day-long commutation hearing at the State House Wednesday, Thomas Koonce apologized for the 1987 slaying of a 24-year-old New Bedford man and told the Governor’s Council he will spend the ...

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Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) said he was “not happy” about President Donald Trump’s decision to grant clemency to former Republican New York Rep. George Santos on Friday. “Three months is not enough of a ...

Two of the 37 people on federal death row whose sentences were commuted last month are trying to block President Joe Biden's clemency action. Shannon Wayne Agofsky, who was sentenced to death in 2004 ...