Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Joe Biden announced Thursday he is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were placed on home confinement ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UPDATE (June 13, 2024, 6:06 p.m. ET): President Joe Biden said Thursday that he won’t commute his son Hunter Biden’s sentence. I ...

A high-stakes legal and political battle is unfolding in Florida as the Oversight Project issued an urgent warning to ...

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, President Joe Biden was responsible for the biggest single-day act of clemency in U.S. history, commuting 1,500 sentences and issuing 39 pardons, including three for people ...

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 ...

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied commutation Tuesday for Hubert Wilkinson, who is serving three life sentences in the 1970 killing of Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Howard Crumley.

CHICAGO (CBS) --President Donald Trump said Wednesday he's considering commuting the sentence of imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, which would mean an early release from his 14-year ...