Biden’s clemency for federal prisoners is only part of the story
There are three things you need to know about the media and how they approach anything that is complicated. First, as storytellers, we’re drawn to the complicated. Second, as journalists,
Fact Check: Biden granted clemency to 3 Chinese citizens as part of prisoner swap
U.S. President Joe Biden granted clemency to three Chinese citizens in November 2024 as part of a prisoner swap with China, contrary to social media posts suggesting it was a unilateral decision to free people who committed serious crimes.
Biden grants clemency to man facing death penalty for 1996 Roanoke murder
A man facing the death penalty for a Roanoke murder has been granted clemency. President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of 37 people on death row Monday. One of them is 23-year-old Aquilia Marcivicci Barnette,
Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners
Opponents of the death penalty had urged President Biden to take this step, given the number of executions that took place during President-elect Donald Trump's first term.
‘A slap in the face’: Families call on Biden not to grant clemency to death row inmate
President-elect Donald Trump has made clear he intends to seek more executions when he returns to office, something President Joe Biden has been outspoken against. Now, as Biden faces pressure from advocacy groups to grant clemency to all 40 inmates on death row before he leaves office,
Manchin calls Biden's clemency for two killers 'horribly misguided and insulting'
W.Va., characterized President Biden's commutations of the sentences of two prisoners who had been on federal death row as ...
Biden keeps up with controversial acts of clemency while otherwise fading from view
President Joe Biden is leaning heavily into his clemency powers in the waning days of his term, using a tool only available ...
President Biden’s act of clemency: 37 death row inmates avoid execution
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to ...
Cooper pardons Haywood County man, plans more acts of clemency before end of year
Gov. Roy Cooper issued a pardon of forgiveness to a Haywood County man convicted of multiple misdemeanor crimes in 2011.
Governors should expand Biden’s clemency to address the failures of mass incarceration
Gov. Josh Shapiro and his counterparts in other states must join the president in expanding the number of commutations and ...
'Squad' Dem applauds Biden for sparing murderers from 'racist' death penalty in 11th-hour clemency move
House Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley is among the left-wing lawmakers praising President Biden's decision to commute 37 ...
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Seven Texans facing federal execution given clemency, four others given state pardons
On the same day that President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of seven Texans, Gov. Greg Abbott issued his own set of ...
Biden pardoned son while leaving hundreds seeking clemency in limbo
President Biden’s historic one-day clemency act included commutations that sparked outrage, in part because the White House ...
Trump has Christmas message to 'Radical Left Lunatics,' tells inmates Biden granted clemency to 'GO TO HELL!'
President-elect Trump posted a Christmas message to "Radical Left Lunatics" and the death row inmates who received clemency ...
Kentucky fen-phen attorney who bilked clients out of millions granted clemency by Biden
Disbarred Lexington attorney William Gallion was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2009 for his role in defrauding his ...