ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — Clemency has come early and often in President Donald Trump's second term, prompting nearly 10,000 convicts to request pardons or commutations of their prison sentences.

Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, an apparently fake clemency petition arrived at the offices of Gov. JB Pritzker.

What it takes to get a Trump pardon: Loyalty, connections or the pardon czar. President Donald Trump’s revamped clemency process has often disregarded the Justice Department’s guidelines.

Former President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, arrive at Fort McNair on June 25, 2023, in Washington. AP. Biden’s signature on the death-row clemency document appears to resemble the one on ...

By any measure, Trump has been on a clemency binge: On the fourth day of his second term he issued twice as many decisions as George Washington issued in eight years in the presidency, though two ...

Some community and elected leaders on Chicago's South Side are calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to offer clemency to former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover one day after his federal sentences were ...

Crack-era sentencing led to a large number of people who wouldn’t be in prison by today’s rules. Biden gave clemency to many convicted in N.C.

ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — Clemency has come early and often in President Donald Trump's second term, prompting nearly 10,000 convicts to request pardons or commutations of their prison sentences.