Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The presidential pardon authority is being abused so much that, to preserve the rule of federal law, it must be substantially restricted. The U.S. Constitution gives ...

The pardon power of the American president is close to absolute. And most presidents have been careful not to abuse the privilege. Now the abuse floodgates have been opened. What’s pouring ...

Today, the adage might more accurately read, “Do the crime, and a pardon will come in time.” During his first day back in the White House, President Trump pardoned, commuted the prison ...

The Utah Board of Pardons has acted similarly merciful in assisting former convicts get their records pardoned after showing an extended period of a crime free and productive life. Prosecutors ...

U.S. presidents have the authority to grant clemency, which includes both pardons and commutations. A pardon relieves a person of some or all of the consequences of a criminal conviction ...

With President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons to more than 1,500 charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach, whatever was remaining of their sentences is now forgiven.

and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and the family of Brian Sicknick gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol to push for a resolution condemning Trump over the blanket pardons for the Jan. 6 defendants and the ...