Politics Jan 17 Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug charges, setting record By Will Weissert, Associated Press
Nation Dec 23 Watch 5:29 Why Biden commuted the sentences of 37 people on federal death row President Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row who will stay in prison for life but will not be subject to executions. Biden's move is likely motivated by the incoming Trump administration's… By William Brangham, Saher Khan
Nation Dec 12 Watch 5:56 What Biden’s historic commutations mean President Biden announced he's commuting the prison sentences of some 1,500 people and issuing pardons to 39 others convicted of nonviolent crimes. That marks the largest number of commutations by a president in a single day. Lisa Desjardins discussed more… By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan, Ali Schmitz
Politics Jan 20 Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others in final clemency flurry President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other… By Jonathan Lemire, Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin, Associated Press
Nation Nov 05 Watch 6:31 Oklahoma’s governor on 2nd chances and reducing mass incarceration In Oklahoma, 462 people left prison Monday in the largest single-day commutation in U.S. history. Republican Governor Kevin Stitt had signed off on their release based on the recommendation of the state’s Pardon and Parole Board. Oklahoma has the nation’s…
Nov 04 More than 400 inmates released from Oklahoma prisons By Associated Press State officials say it is the largest single-day mass commutation in U.S. history. Continue reading
Jan 24 Granted clemency, this former inmate is starting over By Dave Berndtson In 1992, Norman Brown was convicted on six counts for the distribution of cocaine. In accordance with mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines, the 22-year-old received three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. In July 2015, after nearly 25 years… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch News Wrap: Obama issues hundreds of commutations on his last day By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, President Obama shortened the prison sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes on his last fill day in office. That's the most ever in a single day. Also, the Pentagon says it targeted… Continue watching
Jan 18 More clemency coming after Obama shortens Manning’s sentence By Josh Lederman and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Embracing his clemency powers like never before, President Barack Obama is planning more commutations in his final days in office after a dramatic move to cut short convicted leaker Chelsea Manning's sentence. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 14:26 How Obama left his mark on the criminal justice system By PBS News Hour President Obama has commuted the sentences of more federal prisoners than any other president, and he’s on track to leave far fewer federal inmates in federal prison since the 1960s. Hari Sreenivasan offers a look through the life of a… Continue watching