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Darryl Strawberry, Donald Trump, theGrio.com
November 7, 2025
MLB legend Darryl Strawberry said of his "friend" Donald Trump, "God used him as a vessel to set me free…
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…
Donald Trump, Diddy, theGrio.com
May 30, 2025
"I'm sure he'd like me [to], and I'm sure other people would," said the president during an Oval Office meeting…
Larry Hoover, theGrio.com
May 28, 2025
Trump commuted the federal sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, as part of a series of pardons and…
NBA Youngboy arrest thegrio.com
May 28, 2025
NBA YoungBoy also thanked Alice Johnson, Trump's pardon czar, for "fighting for second chances for so many people."
April 27, 2022
After witnessing laxity by others assigned to President John F. Kennedy, Abraham Bolden spoke out — then faced retaliation.
December 24, 2021
A pardon request in a 2004 drug conviction for George Floyd has now been withdrawn by Texas officials and there's…
June 11, 2021
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle sent Gov. Mike Parson a letter seeking a pardon for Kevin Strickland, a…
May 26, 2021
Gerald Goines, the ex-Houston Police narcotics officer who arrested Floyd in 2004, currently faces charges on two murder counts.
May 9, 2021
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) issued posthumous pardons for 34 victims of racial lynchings who were killed between 1854 and…
January 7, 2021
President Donald Trump has reportedly suggested to top advisers that he wants to pardon himself before leaving office.
National Cathedral Hosts Memorial Service For Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
December 1, 2020
Rudy Giuliani allegedly recently discussed a pre-emptive pardon with President Donald Trump according to sources.
Kwame Kilpatrick
February 20, 2020
The top federal prosecutor in southeast Michigan is against Kwame Kilpatrick getting pardoned by the president.
Kwame Kilpatrick
January 27, 2020
Peter Karmanos Jr., who founded Compuware, is asking President Donald Trump to commute the sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame…
Andrew Yang
August 18, 2019
Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang recently announced a campaign promise of sweeping pardons for nonviolent marijuana offenses.
Groveland Four thegrio.com
January 12, 2019
The Groveland Four who had been falsely  accused of raping a white woman in 1949 were pardoned by Florida Gov.…
Donald Trump thegrio.com
June 8, 2018
Writer Dustin Seibert breaks down why even though Trump is making it rain with pardons, folks still need to be…
Jack Johnson thegrio.com
May 24, 2018
President Donald Trump has granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing's first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after…
October 4, 2017
PHOENIX (AP) — A court hearing Wednesday in Phoenix over former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's pardon isn't expected to lead a…
February 13, 2017
One of 1,715. For Eric Alvarez, this number is personal. It represents the 1,715 people who received a second chance at