President Joe Biden announced Thursday he is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were placed on home confinement during the COVID pandemic and pardoning 39 others convicted of ...

Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences to life in prison without parole, as they seek to appeal their cases and ...

Controversy swirled last month around Carleton J. Giles, the pastor and former police officer removed by Gov. Ned Lamont as chair of the Board of Pardons and Paroles after a backlash to the dramatic ...

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.

They believe a new sentence of life without parole will hurt their legal chances. View of a sign outside the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex where Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis are pleading ...

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 ...

There's a reason presidents usually wait to issue controversial pardons or prison sentence commutations until the waning weeks, days or even hours of their terms. Outgoing presidents anticipate that ...

Discover how commutation agreements work, including methods to value claims and discharge reinsurance obligations, ensuring financial stability and risk management.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The son of a woman murdered in the 1980s said he's frustrated with the timing of commutation hearings for his mother's killer, despite giving the Utah Board of Pardons advance ...