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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kristi Noem commutes sentences for two convicted of murder

Kristi Noem commuted the sentences of two people convicted of murder and issued 45 more pardons since February. Noem’s most recent commutation went to 45-year-old Renee Eckes on Aug. 21, less than two months after her appearance before the South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles. As of April, Noem had signed nine denial letters in total, according to records …

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6 months, 1 week ago

President Biden says he won’t offer commutation to his son Hunter after gun sentence

Associated Press

FASANO, Italy — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he will not use his presidential powers to lessen the eventual sentence that his son Hunter will receive for his federal felony conviction on gun crimes. Hunter Biden’s sentencing date has not been set, and the three counts carry up to 25 years in prison, though that’s unlikely as a first-time …

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6 months, 1 week ago

President Biden says he won’t offer commutation to son Hunter after gun sentence

LA Times

President Biden speaks at a news conference on the sidelines of the Group of 7 annual meeting Thursday in Savelletri, Italy. President Biden says he will not use his presidential powers to lessen the eventual sentence that his son Hunter will receive for his federal felony conviction on gun crimes. Ultimately, it will be up to U.S. District Judge Maryellen …

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6 months, 1 week ago

The White House isn’t ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden after his conviction

Associated Press

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — The White House is not ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden, the president’s son who was convicted on three federal gun crimes and is set to be sentenced by a judge in the coming months. “As we all know, the sentencing hasn’t even been scheduled yet,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Jesse Calhoun: What we know about person of interest in Portland ‘serial killer’ case

The Independent

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1 year, 8 months ago

A California lawyer cashed in on criminal justice reform by fanning the hopes of inmates’ families

LA Times

When California enacted landmark criminal justice reforms several years ago, inmates and their families saw a chance at freedom. “He said he was the top attorney.” Whatever its basis, Spolin’s promotional material impressed people like Amanda Allen, whose then-husband, Johnte, was serving life without parole for a 2006 murder in Bakersfield. Spolin, he said, remarked that the pay was “at …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Rise in reduced prison sentences stirs uproar in Connecticut

Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. — A sharp rise in the number of Connecticut inmates, including convicted killers, who have had their prison sentences reduced in the past year has led to an uproar over the power wielded by the state’s relatively obscure Board of Pardons and Paroles. Carleton Giles, after the former Norwalk police officer acknowledged unilaterally instituting a policy change that …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Rahsaan Thomas of ‘Ear Hustle’ released from prison a year after commutation from Newsom

LA Times

Earlonne Woods, from left, Nigel Poor and Rahsaan Thomas on Wednesday after Thomas was released from San Quentin State Prison. Rahsaan Thomas was released from San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday, more than year after he was granted a commutation from Gov. Thomas’ sentence was commuted by the governor in January 2022 and he was granted parole by the board …

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1 year, 10 months ago

1 in 3 Californians granted mercy by Newsom remain in prison

LA Times

When Mary Reese received a call at the California Institution for Women in 2021, a prison official told her she had “won the lotto.” Gov. “My God, I wish they would see that.” Reese, who was also denied parole after receiving a commutation from Newsom, said she felt “mistreated” by the parole board and that “they had no intention of …

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2 years ago

'What Is The Use Of Death Sentence, If It Is To Be Executed After 20-25 Years?' : Supreme Court Asks On Plea Challenging Commutation

Live Law

At the outset, Justice Shah put to the advocate for the state, "What is the purpose of awarding a death sentence? The advocate replied, "Your Lordships, the first mercy petition was not filed by these accused, that was filed by some residents of Canada, Australia, etc.please, Your Lordships, 9 children were murdered." In the impugned judgment of January 18, 2022, …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Tennessee DA seeks death sentence commutation, AG against

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s conservative attorney general and Nashville’s liberal district attorney are at odds over whether a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and consequently should not be executed. A defendant cannot file a new disability claim “if the issue of whether the defendant has an intellectual disability has been previously adjudicated on the merits.” Nonetheless, Black filed a …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Pension Update: Govt Clarifies On DR, Says It's Based On Original Basic Pension Before Commutation

News 18

Dearness relief to central government pensioners is payable on the original basic pension before commutation, according to a clarification issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions. It comes after the confusion whether the DR benefit is payable on the original basic pension before commutation or on the reduced pension after commutation. “References/ representations have been received in …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Central govt clarification on Dearness Relief that pensioners should know

Live Mint

Dearness Relief for pensioners: The central government has issued clarification in regard to Dearness Relief for central government pensioners. The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions has issued clarification in regard to DR benefit being given to retired central government employees and said that Dearness Relief is payable on original basic …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Beant Singh Case: SC Asks Centre To Decide On Commutation Of Death Penalty To Balwant Rajoana In 2 Months

ABP News

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union government to take a decision within two weeks on granting pardon to Balwant Singh Rajoana, who has been awarded death sentence for the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. A bench headed by Justice Uday Umesh Lalit stated that the pendency of appeals of other co-convicts …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Judge says Idaho gov can’t veto clemency for condemned man

Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — A judge says Idaho’s governor doesn’t have the power to veto a clemency recommendation by the state’s parole board for a terminally ill man who was expected to be executed this year. Pizzuto’s attorneys with the Federal Defender Services of Idaho went to court, with attorney Jonah Horwitz arguing last month that while Idaho’s Constitution gives the …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Oklahoma court declines to bar duo from death penalty case

Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to remove two members of the state’s Pardon and Parole Board from a high-profile death penalty case. The court’s brief ruling on Friday denied a prosecutor’s request to remove Adam Luck and Kelly Doyle from considering the commutation request of Julius Jones, who was sentenced to death for the …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Oklahoma panel advances convicted killer’s commutation

Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1 on Monday to advance death row inmate Julius Jones’ request for a reduced sentence, setting up the possibility that he could avoid lethal injection. Jones’ case drew the attention of reality television star Kim Kardashian West and numerous professional athletes with Oklahoma ties after it was featured in 2018 on …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Oklahoma prosecutor urges panel to reject inmate’s claims

Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — The evidence implicating an Oklahoma death row inmate whose case has drawn national attention is overwhelming and his application for a commutation is filled with “demonstrable falsehoods,” Oklahoma County’s top prosecutor wrote in a letter this week to the state’s Pardon and Parole Board. The murder conviction of Julius Jones, 40, for the 1999 shooting death of …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Defers Balwant Singh Rajoana's Plea For Death Penalty Commutation By 6 Weeks

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the petition filed by death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana seeking commutation of death penalty, after the Central Government requested the bench to await the decision of the President of India on his mercy petition. The Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta, informed a bench headed by the Chief Justice of …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Trump pardons 73, commutes sentence for 70 others: Full list

Al Jazeera

US President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to his disgraced former aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of clemency and commutations during his final hours in office. In the decades since, Mr. Ford has been an upstanding member of his community and has used this experience and his decades of expertise to keep miners safe, including promoting …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Plea By Jan 25, Supreme Court Asks Centre

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Government to submit the recommendations to the President regarding the mercy plea of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana by January 25.A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde said this while hearing a writ petition filed by Balwant Singh seeking commutation of his death penalty on the ground that his mercy petition …

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4 years ago

Apart from Flynn, here are some big names granted pardon or commutation by Trump

Hindustan Times

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about contacts with the Russian ambassador to Washington. Trump took to Twitter to announce the executive grant of clemency to Flynn, saying he “will now have a truly fantastic Thanksgiving!” Trump on Wednesday pardoned former …

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4 years, 5 months ago

The people who sit by while Trump sets Roger Stone free (opinion)

CNN

Editor’s Note: Jennifer Taub is a professor at Western New England University School of Law. But I didn’t.” Fineman later summed it all up: “And so, in the fullness of time – which is to say, about an hour later – the White House made official what Stone already knew: Trump was commuting Stone’s felony convictions for lying to Congress …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Mitt Romney Slams Donald Trump's Commutation For Roger Stone: 'Historic Corruption'

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Mitt Romney on Saturday morning pulled no punches with his response to President Donald Trump’s decision to commute the sentence of his longtime adviser and confidant Roger Stone. Romney described Trump’s controversial move — which has garnered widespread criticism — as “unprecedented, historic corruption.” Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person …

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Kristi Noem commutes sentences for two convicted of murder

President Biden says he won’t offer commutation to his son Hunter after gun sentence

President Biden says he won’t offer commutation to son Hunter after gun sentence

The White House isn’t ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden after his conviction

Jesse Calhoun: What we know about person of interest in Portland ‘serial killer’ case

A California lawyer cashed in on criminal justice reform by fanning the hopes of inmates’ families

Rise in reduced prison sentences stirs uproar in Connecticut

Rahsaan Thomas of ‘Ear Hustle’ released from prison a year after commutation from Newsom

1 in 3 Californians granted mercy by Newsom remain in prison

'What Is The Use Of Death Sentence, If It Is To Be Executed After 20-25 Years?' : Supreme Court Asks On Plea Challenging Commutation

Tennessee DA seeks death sentence commutation, AG against

Pension Update: Govt Clarifies On DR, Says It's Based On Original Basic Pension Before Commutation

Central govt clarification on Dearness Relief that pensioners should know

Beant Singh Case: SC Asks Centre To Decide On Commutation Of Death Penalty To Balwant Rajoana In 2 Months

Judge says Idaho gov can’t veto clemency for condemned man

Oklahoma court declines to bar duo from death penalty case

Oklahoma panel advances convicted killer’s commutation

Oklahoma prosecutor urges panel to reject inmate’s claims

Supreme Court Defers Balwant Singh Rajoana's Plea For Death Penalty Commutation By 6 Weeks

Trump pardons 73, commutes sentence for 70 others: Full list

Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Plea By Jan 25, Supreme Court Asks Centre

Apart from Flynn, here are some big names granted pardon or commutation by Trump

The people who sit by while Trump sets Roger Stone free (opinion)

Mitt Romney Slams Donald Trump's Commutation For Roger Stone: 'Historic Corruption'