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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has granted posthumous pardons to seven Black men executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has granted a pardon of innocence to a man who had been imprisoned for two decades before his two murder convictions were vacated more than four years ago by a judge

A posthumous pardon request was submitted on Monday to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest that was done by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid.

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has charged at least 50 people in connection with riots at the Capitol, but one former prosecutor from that office has serious concerns that many more rioters could get away without being charged — or even be pardoned by President Donald Trump. “With Donald Trump, one never knows,” said former Assistant U.S….

The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has charged at least 55 people in connection with this week’s protests and riots at the Capitol, but a former prosecutor from that office has serious concerns that more rioters could get away without facing charges or even be pardoned by President Donald Trump. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer explains why.

Federal investigators are looking into a potential “bribery-for-pardon” scheme involving presidential pardons, according to federal court documents

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had pardoned his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.

President Donald Trump issued a presidential pardon to Iowa turkeys Corn and Cob on Tuesday. The duo will spend their retirement at Iowa State University to educate people on the state’s turkey industry.

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would not pardon President Donald Trump if elected and insisted any prosecutorial decisions would be left to a more independent Justice Department, NBC News reports.

President Donald Trump riffed about the impeachment proceedings during the annual Pardoning of the Turkeys.

President Trump commuted the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson Wednesday after meeting with Kim Kardashian in the Oval Office last week. Johnson, a 63-year-old great-grandmother, had served 22 years of a life sentence for a first time non-violent offense after being convicted of drug possession and money laundering. The commutation is different from a pardon in that it does not…

Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders repeatedly claimed President Trump “hasn’t done anything wrong” Monday in response to his tweets about his ability to pardon himself.

President Donald Trump claimed he has the right to pardon himself, if he wants, in a tweet Monday morning.

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday pardoned five ex-convicts facing deportation, including two whose families fled the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia four decades ago.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in the press briefing that President Donald Trump is not discussing pardons for Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort and Rick Gates in the Russian investigation.