The president exercised his unlimited constitutional power to pardon federal crimes without consulting his Justice Department, the prosecutors who sought and won the convictions or the judges who ...

Most were convicted of drug offenses. A commutation of sentence and pardon are different forms of executive clemency, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Executive clemency is a broad ...

(Jacquelyn Martin/AP) Far too much attention has already been devoted to President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son. It is not the worst pardon ever issued (recall President Donald Trump sparing in ...

Constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about her book "Pardon Power," exploring how the pardon system works and why. Sponsor Message STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: This year's ...

President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son has left some Democrats fuming over his choice to repeatedly and unequivocally claim that he would never take that step, even though a pardon ...

President-elect Trump will gain back vast powers when he retakes the nation’s highest office, including the ability to grant pardons. During his first four years as president, Trump granted 144 ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot do not extend to the separate crimes of one rioter who plotted to murder the law ...