Chairman of the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles Carleton Giles landed in the hot seat Monday as Judiciary Committee members grilled Giles on his controversial new commutation policy that ...

Earlier this month, the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles indefinitely suspended commutation, the process through which incarcerated individuals apply to have their sentences reconsidered.

House Democrats say documents from a whistleblower show Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation. The White House says the president hasn’t thought about pardoning the ...

In simple terms, a commutation reduces a criminal penalty. This may include shortening a prison sentence or replacing a death sentence with life imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, which forgives a crime ...

From left: Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (Commonwealth Media Services); Gail Stallworth (courtesy of Cornelius Harp); then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro at a Board of Pardons meeting (via YouTube). Gail ...

TULSA, Okla. — Because Oklahoma prisons have been considered hot spots for COVID, some inmates' families hoped for commutation, but the illness is also to blame for stalling that process. The ...

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said the death “personally devastated” him, and galvanized him to push Gov. Wolf to speed up the commutation process. This June 1, 2018, file photo shows a housing unit in the ...

In explaining why he commuted the 30-month prison sentence of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, President Bush resorted to language that defense lawyers often invoke during sentencing hearings. Bush said prison ...

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