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Oklahoma to carry out 25th and final execution in U.S. this year

An Oklahoma man who killed a 10-year-old girl is to be put to death on Thursday in the 25th and final execution in the United States this year. Kevin Ray Underwood, who turns 45 on Thursday, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 10:00 am Central Time at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Underwood, a grocery store clerk, …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Biden to act on land protections, clemency, and AI in final weeks of Presidency

Hindustan Times

President Joe Biden intends to implement land protections, clemency, and artificial intelligence in the closing weeks of his administration in an effort to solidify his legacy before to Donald Trump's inauguration. President Joe Biden outlines his plans to implement land protections, clemency, and artificial intelligence in the closing weeks of his administration in an effort to solidify his legacy before …

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A nonprofit leader, a social worker: Here are the stories of the people on Biden’s clemency list

Associated Press

A nonprofit leader who supports at-risk New Orleans youth. Fulton, who has two children and works as an elementary school teacher, said that for years she had lived with “a sense of embarrassment and shame” about the felony conviction. A White House news release commended Fulton as “someone who goes above and beyond for her community.” For years, Fulton has …

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Biden issues mercy to four Indian-Americans in biggest single-day act of clemency

India TV News

Washington: Outgoing US President Joe Biden has issued clemency to nearly 1500 people, including four Indian-Americans. As President, I have the great privilege of extending mercy to people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation, restoring opportunity for Americans to participate in daily life and contribute to their communities, and taking steps to remove sentencing disparities for non-violent offenders, especially those …

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Should the executive have the power to pardon?

The Hindu

United States President Joe Biden’s recent decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden for any federal crimes he committed or may have committed between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024 has brought renewed focus on the expansive clemency powers granted to the President by the U.S. Constitution. Alok Prasanna Kumar: Even if an independent clemency commission were established, its …

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Biden commutes 1,500 terms, grants 39 pardons in largest single-day clemency

India Today

US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 individuals and granted 39 pardons, making it the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history, the White House announced on Thursday morning. My Administration will continue reviewing clemency petitions to advance equal justice under the law, promote public safety, support rehabilitation and reentry, and provide meaningful second chances," …

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Biden’s record-setting clemency act leaves allies only wanting more

Politico

Instead, allies and criminal justice advocates say, Biden’s act of mass clemency on Thursday now feels like something of a consolation. “The White House knows, and he knows, that he needed to do a big list of pardons,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who was among the Democrats critical of Biden’s blanket pardon for Hunter. “I’m happy for the home confinement …

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Biden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history

CNN

CNN — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of some 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes – marking a broad use of the presidential clemency power just weeks from the end of Biden’s administration. “As President, I have the great privilege of extending mercy to people who have demonstrated remorse and …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Clemency groups use Hunter pardon to pressure Biden

Politico

“This is a matter of doing the right thing, as well as it’s a matter of legacy. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters this week that “you could expect more” pardons and clemency action as the president finishes out his term — and that he takes the responsibility of ensuring fairness in the criminal justice system “very seriously.” …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

'Pardon everyone': Marjorie Taylor Greene wants clemency for 'violent' Jan. 6 rioters

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has a list of all of the people she believes should be pardoned for the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol, and she confessed even "the violent ones" should be among those on the list because they aren't "rapists." A Capitol Police release on Jan. 7 said that USCP Officer Brian Sicknick “passed away …

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"One last chance": Biden's pardon of Hunter can't be his final act of clemency, Democrats say

Salon

Justifying the decision to pardon his own son, President Joe Biden pointed to Republicans bringing “political pressure” on the criminal justice system, which he claimed had scuttled a plea deal and was why Hunter’s tax-and-gun issues risked landing him in prison for up to 25 years. “It is true that President Biden had said he wouldn’t pardon his son,” MSNBC’s …

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Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter spurs broader discussion on who else should be granted clemency

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s decision to break his word and pardon his son Hunter has spurred a broader discussion about what else he should be doing with the broad clemency powers of the presidency before he leaves office in January, including whether he should be pardoning Donald Trump. He dismissed shouted questions about the matter with a laugh during …

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Hunter Biden pardon: the most perverse part of the president's decision about his son.

Slate

President Joe Biden’s sweeping pardon of his son Hunter on Sunday reflects an attitude toward clemency that is at once defensible and perversely selfish. Biden is surely correct that Hunter was “singled out” because he’s the president’s son, facing far more serious penalties than a typical defendant in his position for that reason alone. But Biden’s reasoning collapses when he …

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Hunter Biden breaks silence after Presidential pardon: 'Will never take clemency…’

Hindustan Times

After U.S. President Joe Biden backtracked on his promise not to interfere in his son Hunter Biden’s criminal cases by granting him a presidential pardon, Hunter expressed gratitude for the "mercy" extended to him. Reflecting on his recovery journey, he vowed never to take the clemency “for granted.” Hunter Biden reacts to receiving Presidential pardon Hunter Biden has spoken out …

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Biden pardons Biden: Father's love trumps all

India Today

In his final days in office, US President Joe Biden issued a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, who had been convicted of gun charges and pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion. In his first statement following Hunter’s conviction in June on felony firearm charges, Biden said he was “proud” of his son and accepted the jury’s verdict. WHAT BIDEN …

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Biden isn't the first president to pardon a relative. Here's how the power works

NPR

Biden isn't the first president to pardon a relative. Here's how the power works toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The topic of presidential pardons is back in the spotlight this week after President Biden announced he signed a "full and unconditional" one for his son. For one, his rationale closely echoes Donald Trump's claims of a politicized Justice …

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Will Donald Trump grant a historic pardon to all January 6 rioters?

Firstpost

As Donald Trump readies for his White House return, his promise to pardon those convicted in the January 6 Capitol riots looms large. During a CNN town hall in 2023, an audience member asked Trump, “Would you pardon the January Sixth rioters that were convicted of federal offences?” Trump replied, “I’m inclined to pardon many of them.” He reiterated this …

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Trump risks 'significant blowback' with decision on pardons for Jan. 6 rioters

Raw Story

Donald Trump has pledged to pardon the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, but he faces "significant blowback" no matter how he chooses to approach the matter. Or does he abuse the pardon power to grant clemency to insurrectionists?” Micki Witthoeft, the mother of slain rioter Ashli Babbitt, is a leader in a national movement of MAGA activists pushing for the release of …

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Trump risks 'significant blowback' with decision on pardons for Jan. 6 rioters

Raw Story

Donald Trump has pledged to pardon the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, but he faces "significant blowback" no matter how he chooses to approach the matter. Or does he abuse the pardon power to grant clemency to insurrectionists?” Micki Witthoeft, the mother of slain rioter Ashli Babbitt, is a leader in a national movement of MAGA activists pushing for the release of …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

Deccan Chronicle

Washington: President Joe Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former US service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is "righting an historic wrong" to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits. Biden's action grants a pardon to service members who were convicted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice's …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden pardons US military vets convicted under revoked homosexuality law

Al Jazeera

The US president seeks to right ‘historic wrong,’ enabling thousands to apply for pardon, recover lost pay and benefits. President Joe Biden is offering a pardon to military veterans convicted under a now-revoked law that banned homosexuality in the United States armed forces. “Despite their courage and great sacrifice, thousands of LGBTQI+ service members were forced out of the military …

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54 years, 11 months ago

This Democratic Governor Just Demonstrated the Right Way to Use the Pardon Power

Slate

The power to grant pardons and reprieves has long been a controversial one. Chief Justice John Marshall described that power in lyrical terms as “an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws.” In 1866 the court returned to the subject and acknowledged that clemency power is “unlimited.” It extends, the court noted, “to …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump campaign for the libertarian vote: The Ross Ulbricht pardon promise is part of a troubling pattern.

Slate

The president’s ability to grant pardons and commute sentences is a dramatic but generally quiet power. In Silk Road’s nearly three years of operation, over 1.5 million transactions were carried out involving several thousand seller accounts and more than 100,000 buyer accounts.” Transactions were made, the Times notes, “using the virtual currency Bitcoin, and Mr. Ulbricht, operating under the pseudonym …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

First with Trump, now with Kamala Harris: Kim Kardashian is advocating for criminal justice reform

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Kim Kardashian marshaled her celebrity in one administration to spotlight criminal justice reform — and she’s doing it again in the next. The reality TV star and entrepreneur joined Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday for a roundtable highlighting the administration’s efforts on criminal justice reform and how President Joe Biden has used his clemency powers, particularly on …

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Oklahoma to carry out 25th and final execution in U.S. this year

Biden to act on land protections, clemency, and AI in final weeks of Presidency

A nonprofit leader, a social worker: Here are the stories of the people on Biden’s clemency list

Biden issues mercy to four Indian-Americans in biggest single-day act of clemency

Should the executive have the power to pardon?

Biden commutes 1,500 terms, grants 39 pardons in largest single-day clemency

Biden’s record-setting clemency act leaves allies only wanting more

Biden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history

Clemency groups use Hunter pardon to pressure Biden

'Pardon everyone': Marjorie Taylor Greene wants clemency for 'violent' Jan. 6 rioters

"One last chance": Biden's pardon of Hunter can't be his final act of clemency, Democrats say

Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter spurs broader discussion on who else should be granted clemency

Hunter Biden pardon: the most perverse part of the president's decision about his son.

Hunter Biden breaks silence after Presidential pardon: 'Will never take clemency…’

Biden pardons Biden: Father's love trumps all

Biden isn't the first president to pardon a relative. Here's how the power works

Will Donald Trump grant a historic pardon to all January 6 rioters?

Trump risks 'significant blowback' with decision on pardons for Jan. 6 rioters

Trump risks 'significant blowback' with decision on pardons for Jan. 6 rioters

Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

Biden pardons US military vets convicted under revoked homosexuality law

This Democratic Governor Just Demonstrated the Right Way to Use the Pardon Power

Donald Trump campaign for the libertarian vote: The Ross Ulbricht pardon promise is part of a troubling pattern.

First with Trump, now with Kamala Harris: Kim Kardashian is advocating for criminal justice reform