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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Disgraced former Rep. George Santos, R-NY, took to social media Saturday to thank President Donald Trump for commuting his prison sentence, saying the commander in chief’s “kindness” and “generosity” ...

Karine Jean-Pierre said she hadn't spoken to the president about the matter. The White House on Wednesday declined to rule out a presidential sentence commutation for Hunter Biden following his ...

(WXYZ) — President Donald Trump commuted the sentence for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in his final hours of office overnight Tuesday. Kilpatrick had ...

Less than a week after Pope Francis told a joint meeting of Congress that he backs U.S. efforts to abolish the death penalty, his U.S. nuncio sent letters to authorities in two states appealing on his ...