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Donald Trump, theGrio.com
August 25, 2025
"Trump keeps talking about cracking down on crime, yet the biggest crime is happening right in the Oval Office," said…
Charles Duke Tanner, Trump, Pardon, theGrio.com
June 1, 2025
Tanner was convicted and sentenced to life in 2004 for a first-time drug offense, before his sentence was commuted by…
Joe Biden, theGrio.com
December 12, 2024
President Biden will issue clemency for nearly 1,500 sentenced to home confinement and 39 who were convicted of non-violent crimes.
Jason Hernandez, reality television star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian and Vice President Kamala Harris
April 25, 2024
Vice President Harris hosted a criminal justice roundtable with Kim Kardashian and recipients of recent pardons from President Biden.
October 15, 2022
All of the states with recreational marijuana on the ballot next month, minus Maryland, voted for Trump in the 2020…
Joe Biden Student Debt
October 14, 2022
President Joe Biden asked the secretary of Health and Human Services and U.S. attorney general to review the scheduling of…
A neon sign reading "Bail Bonds"
September 19, 2022
There is no such thing as a “purge law.” Illinois’ Pretrial Fairness Act is being wrongly compared to "The Purge."
La. Gov. John Bel Edwards, theGrio.com
June 9, 2022
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed legislation he said would've rolled back changes to its 2017 Justice Reinvestment Act.
Cell Block
April 22, 2022
The GOP-led legislature of Tennessee passed a new bill that requires persons sentenced for certain felonies to serve 100% of…
March 12, 2022
Donna Hylton's organization plans to provide transitional housing to dozens of women and empower them to be change agents in…
February 12, 2022
Political commentator Van Jones and a longtime friend have welcomed a baby to the world after deciding to become “conscious…
January 18, 2022
Four inmates say the Washington County Detention Center and its doctor gave them the drug to treat COVID-19 without their…
Montoyae Dontae Sharpe -theGrio.com
November 14, 2021
Montoyae Dontae Sharpe received a pardoned after serving 24-years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of first degree murder.
October 9, 2021
Meek Mill's latest album 'Expensive Pain' has been well received but the rapper says he still doesn't feel totally free.
Singer R. Kelly
September 30, 2021
Sil Lai Abrams explores if a hybrid approach of restorative justice and confinement could be the better answer for Kelly…
The Women's Sports Foundation's 38th Annual Salute To Women In Sports Awards Gala  - Inside
June 30, 2021
Robin Roberts will be presenting Maya Moore with the prestigious Arthur Ashe Courage Award during the July 10th ESPY Awards…
March 10, 2021
Exonerated Jonathan Irons and WNBA wife, Maya Moore share updates on their marital bliss with 'Good Morning America' Host Robin…
March 4, 2021
The Waters-Thone Workforce Justice Act would incentivize states to encourage all public and private companies to "ban the box."
February 24, 2021
Governor Pritzker calls his signing of HB 3653 "a substantial step toward dismantling the systemic racism that plagues our communities."
Kim Kardashian
November 28, 2020
Kim Kardashian's visit to Oklahoma with death row inmate, Julius Jones, is being heralded as a big morale booster for…