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February 13, 2017

True Story: A Second Chance At Life After An Obama Pardon (Episode 3)

One of 1,715. For Eric Alvarez, this number is personal. It represents the 1,715 people who received a second chance at
November 14, 2016

Van Jones, #cut50 urge Obama to grant more clemencies

This Monday and Tuesday, #cut50 will host a #ClemencyNow event urging President Obama to grant more clemencies during a "Hope…
October 17, 2016

Drug dealer is first prison inmate to reject President Obama’s clemency

Arnold Ray Jones, a convicted, drug dealer is the only inmate so far to reject clemency granted to him by…
March 30, 2016

President Obama shortens prison sentences for 61 drug offenders

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders, including more than a…
December 17, 2014

Obama grants clemency for drug offenders under new policy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is cutting short prison time for eight drug convicts under a new policy designed…
April 23, 2014

U.S. weighs clemency for inmates jailed for 10 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is encouraging nonviolent federal inmates who have behaved in prison, have no significant criminal…
April 21, 2014

Justice Department broadening criteria for clemency for non-violent drug offenses

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is broadening the criteria it will use in evaluating clemency petitions from certain federal…
November 17, 2013

Convicted killer granted clemency, released after 27 years

EAST LYME, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman who spent 27 years in prison for the murder of a pregnant…
September 21, 2011

How a Troy Davis execution hurts us internationally

OPINION - Many have advocated for a moratorium on the death penalty, and if there were ever a case that…
September 20, 2011

Georgia board denies clemency for Troy Davis

ATLANTA - The Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday rejected Davis' request for clemency after hearing hours of testimony…
September 20, 2011

Protesters seek justice for Troy Davis

SLIDESHOW - Troy Davis will be executed on Wednesday by lethal injection. Here are images of protesters making their voices…
November 26, 2009

Man granted clemency after serving 13 years for murder

VIDEO - Ohio Governor Ted Strickland grants Willie Knighten Jr., clemency for the 1996 shooting death of Irving Turner after…