Pardons and commutations
Death-row inmates of Sri Lanka's Welikada prison protest holding banners from the roof of the prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 25, 2021. About 150 death-row inmates in Sri Lanka began a hunger strike to demand their sentences be commuted, prison officials said, after the nation's president pardoned a former lawmaker who had been condemned for an election-related killing. Banners read "Treat all inmates equally," "Grant bail on appeal applications," "Minister! Stop bogus promises," "Grant pardon to us like you did to terrorists and notorious politicians." (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Death row inmates in Sri Lanka protest ex-lawmaker's pardon

By Bharatha Mallawarachi Jun. 25, 2021 03:15 AM EDT

Pritzker commutes sentence of man convicted of double murder

Apr. 01, 2021 08:51 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday commuted the sentence of a man who claimed he was framed by Chicago police detectives for a 1990 double...

FILE - This Aug. 26, 2020 file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Inmates on federal death row tell The Associated Press that a leading topic of conversation through airducts they use to communicate is whether President Joe Biden will keep a campaign pledge to halt federal executions. Biden hasn’t spoken publicly to that question since taking office four days after the Trump administration executed the last of 13 inmates at the Terre Haute prison where federal death row is located. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions

By Michael Tarm Mar. 22, 2021 06:04 AM EDT

A Pakistani walks past the Supreme Court building in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. In a landmark ruling, Pakistan's top court on Wednesday commuted the death sentences of two mentally ill prisoners who have spent decades on death row, the first such ruling in this conservative Muslim-majority nation. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Pakistan commutes death sentence for 2 mentally ill convicts

By Munir Ahmed Feb. 10, 2021 03:51 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020 file photo, the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Dozens of civil rights and advocacy organizations are calling on the Biden administration to immediately halt federal executions after an unprecedented run of capital punishment under President Donald Trump. They want President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of inmates on federal death row. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
82 advocacy groups call on Biden to end federal executions

By Michael Tarm And Michael Balsamo Feb. 09, 2021 08:00 AM EST

FILE - This Sept. 24, 2019 photo shows former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski, right, in front of his attorney, Miles Ehrlich, outside of a federal courthouse in San Francisco. President Donald Trump has pardoned Levandowski, who plead guilty to stealing trade secrets before joining Uber’s effort to build robotic vehicles for its ride-hailing service. Levandowski was among the more than 140 people included in a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump’s White House term. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)
Trump's pardon blitz keeps ex-Google exec out of prison

By Michael Liedtke Jan. 20, 2021 05:18 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Jan. 20, 2021 03:10 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 20 The St. Louis Post...

FILE - In this May 25, 2010 file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits in a Detroit courtroom. Rev. Trump has commuted the prison sentence of Kilpatrick, who has served about seven years of a 28-year sentence for corruption. The announcement Wednesday morning, Jan. 20, 2021, was part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump’s White House term. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
US releases Detroit's disgraced former mayor from prison

By Corey Williams, Ed White And Michael Balsamo Jan. 20, 2021 12:55 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2019 file photo, Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, leaves the federal court following a status conference in Washington. The arrest of President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon adds to a growing list of Trump associates ensnared in legal trouble. They include the president's former campaign chair, Paul Manafort, whom Bannon replaced, his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, and his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Trump wishes Biden luck without naming him in farewell video

By Jill Colvin And Jonathan Lemire Jan. 19, 2021 05:03 PM EST

FILE - In this May 23, 2017, file photo, former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, front, sits for her trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea’s top court upheld 20-year prison term for Park over corruption on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool, File)
S. Korean court upholds prison term for ex-president Park

By Kim Tong-Hyung Jan. 13, 2021 10:10 PM EST

Colorado begins vaccinating prison workers as virus spreads

By Patty Nieberg And Colleen Slevin Dec. 23, 2020 04:46 PM EST
DENVER (AP) — Colorado's prison system has begun vaccinating its workers as the coronavirus continues to spread in its facilities. ...

FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter leaves federal court after a motions hearing in San Diego. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including Hunter, who was sentenced to 11 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing campaign funds and spending the money on everything from outings with friends to his daughter’s birthday party. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)
A look at pardons, clemency in waning weeks of Trump tenure

By Michael Balsamo Dec. 23, 2020 01:14 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters as he leaves the courthouse after a pretrial hearing in his insider-trading case, in New York. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including Collins. Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Trump to be president, was sentenced to two years and two months in federal prison after admitting he helped his son and others dodge $800,000 in stock market losses when he learned that a drug trial by a small pharmaceutical company had failed. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
A look at pardons, clemency in waning weeks of Trump tenure

By Michael Balsamo Dec. 22, 2020 09:04 PM EST

President Donald Trump pardons Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, as first lady Melania Trump watches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Trump skips turkey jokes, gives thanks for COVID-19 vaccines

By Kevin Freking Nov. 24, 2020 04:35 PM EST

California governor eases penalties for 35 former felons

By Don Thompson Nov. 10, 2020 09:14 PM EST
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom eased the sentences or criminal histories of nearly three dozen current or former felons on Tuesday,...

In this photo provided by the Philippines' Bureau of Immigration, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton gets ready to leave Camp Aguinaldo on his way to the airport in Quezon city, Philippines, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Pemberton, a U.S. Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman, was deported Sunday after a presidential pardon cut short his detention in a case that renewed outrage over a pact governing American military presence in the Philippines. (Bureau of Immigration via AP)
Philippines deports US Marine in transgender killing

By Jim Gomez Sep. 12, 2020 10:47 PM EDT

President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, July 11, 2020. Trump was returning from a visit to nearby Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
2020 Watch: How many more Americans will die from COVID-19?

By Steve Peoples Jul. 13, 2020 05:54 AM EDT

President Donald Trump looks at a smartphone while sitting aboard Marine One as it lands on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 10, 2020, after a trip to Florida. Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone on Friday, just days before Stone was set to report to prison. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Trump's defiant help for Stone adds to tumult in Washington

By Jonathan Lemire Jul. 11, 2020 03:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2019, file photo, Roger Stone, and his wife Nydia, arrive at federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Al Drago, File)
Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's prison sentence

By Jill Colvin And Eric Tucker Jul. 11, 2020 10:23 AM EDT

Rwanda orders release of young women jailed over abortions

By Ignatius Ssuuna May. 19, 2020 07:40 AM EDT
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s president has pardoned and ordered the release of 50 young women who were jailed for having or assisting with abortions. ...