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 ...

What’s the difference between a pardon and a commutation? A pardon essentially wipes away the offense and restores the constitutional rights that a person convicted of a federal felony crime would be ...

One week after inking a second commutation in as many months for a person convicted of murder, Gov. Kristi Noem denied sentence reduction requests for two men serving time on theft charges. Noem sent ...

WASHINGTON — 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.

In the first hours of his second term, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly everyone convicted of crimes associated with ...