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 ...

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 ...

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 sentences of, ...

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.

Over the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.

remission of penalties that would otherwise be severe. Q. 841. Is an Indulgence a pardon of sin, or a license to commit sin? A. An Indulgence is not a pardon of sin, nor a license to commit sin ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Some congressional Democrats introduced a resolution on Wednesday that condemns President Donald Trump’s pardons of those charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.

But he hopes that will never happen, after he receives a promised pardon from the president. Plumley said he is “fairly confident” that Trump will pardon him Monday, during his first day back ...