Series: Presidential Pardons: White criminals seeking presidential pardons are nearly four times as likely to succeed as people of color, a ProPublica examination has found. Update, Dec. 18, 2014: ...

President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes, the greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day by any president, the ...

An attorney for Chelsea Manning expressed his gratitude and excitement following the news that President Obama had commuted the sentence of the former Army soldier. During an interview with MSNBC host ...

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama granted 330 commutations, the White House announced Thursday, the most commutations given in a single day by a US president. The announcement comes within 24 hours of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday cut short the sentences of 214 federal inmates, including 67 life sentences, in what the White House called the largest batch of commutations on a ...

WASHINGTON — A Justice Department push to shorten long drug sentences through President Obama 's clemency powers has gotten off to a slow start: Obama has commuted the sentences of just two of the ...

While Obama may be stuck riding out the remainder of his presidency as a lame duck, there are still some things within his power. Obama exercised that power today by granting an unprecedented number ...

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes, the greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day by any ...