A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping his quest to limit the pardon powers of governors in his state has gotten a jolt of momentum ...
Republican Sen. Chris McDaniel hopes this is the year lawmakers agree to send voters a constitutional amendment that would ...
Documentarians worked quickly to change up the ending of 'Free Leonard Peltier' after Biden commuted Peltier's sentence.
These deliberate, last-minute actions display the unchecked nature of executive branch pardon powers. Most ...
OpEd: Sen. Chris McDaniel has proposed a constitutional amendment proposal suspending gubernatorial pardon and commutation powers from 30 days before an election until the next inauguration.
Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier was ...
Peltier is expected to be released from U.S. Penitentiary Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida, in mid-February.
Former reporter Mike Schilling recalls his Springfield prison interview with activist Leonard Peltier, whose sentence was ...
The warning comes after the joyous twist of clemency for the Indigenous activist, as shown in a Sundance film premiering Monday.
Letter writers discuss Joe Biden’s commutation of Leonard Peltier’s sentence, safe gun storage, Donald Trump’s pardons, and federal workers being asked to ‘spy’ on ...
As a former FBI agent, I believe that Bidens decision to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier will “live in infamy.” FBI Agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams were murdered by Peltier.