The DOJ said that while not only are commutations legal, the president additionally has the authority to decide commutations.
The requests of two prisoners who have taken the unusual step of asking a federal judge to nullify their death row ...
Luke Ihnen helps clients find medical care, connects them with their families, engages with their hobbies and shows them ...
The decision of two death row inmates to turn down clemency sounds unthinkable, but they are not the first to do it ...
Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis have filed emergency petitions seeking to block the commutations of their death sentences.
Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis argued that President Joe Biden’s commutations hinder their chance of appeal as they seek to ...
I was one of the religious leaders behind the scenes urging President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of people on federal ...
The death penalty is arbitrary, capricious, more expensive than non-capital incarcerations and poisoned by racial bias. The ...
President Biden’s commutations of 37 of America’s most dangerous people should not serve as a death sentence for justice reform. President -elect Trump can again distinguish himself as a President who ...
In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen ...
The men said that, by reducing their sentences to life in prison, President Biden’s act of clemency could hurt their appeals.
A prisoner who killed a Benton County man and a fellow inmate in 2004 and had his death sentence commuted by President Joe ...