Chairman of the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles Carleton Giles landed in the hot seat Monday as Judiciary Committee members grilled Giles on his controversial new commutation policy that ...

House Democrats say documents from a whistleblower show Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation. The White House says the president hasn’t thought about pardoning the ...

In simple terms, a commutation reduces a criminal penalty. This may include shortening a prison sentence or replacing a death sentence with life imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, which forgives a crime ...

Iowans who have loved ones in prison came to the Statehouse Monday to ask lawmakers to change the state’s process for considering commutation requests from those serving life sentences without the ...

TULSA, Okla. — Because Oklahoma prisons have been considered hot spots for COVID, some inmates' families hoped for commutation, but the illness is also to blame for stalling that process. The ...

HELENA, Mont. - Gov. Steve Bullock says it would be inappropriate for him to offer an opinion on Barry Beach's request to be set free before the process plays out. Beach's attorney sent an application ...