That Biden commuted those federal sentences at all was somewhat surprising. He had campaigned on ending the death penalty, but once in office he sat on the issue, only turning to it a month after ...

While considering the jail report, the high court noted that the convict’s conduct in the jail is good, and held that the ...

Ohio’s stalled death penalty exposes the false promise of finality and the irreversible danger of wrongful executions, making ...

Families of murder victims Tylik Pugh and Nathaniel Wiggins are enraged Gov. Phil Murphy let their loved ones' killers out of ...

President Trump has commuted the sentence of convicted Long Island fraudster David Gentile, the White House confirmed Monday. Gentile, 59, reported to prison on Nov. 14 but was freed before ...

President Donald Trump reportedly granted clemency to a convicted fraudster. Trump has used the presidential clemency power, including pardons and sentence commutations, on several high-profile cases ...

David Gentile had been found guilty for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors. By Kenneth P. Vogel Kenneth P. Vogel, who covers ...

Convicted drug dealer Jonathan Braun, whom President Donald Trump previously granted clemency, was sent back to federal prison after being charged with several new crimes. In 2019, Braun was sentenced ...

TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey man whose lengthy prison sentence for fraud convictions was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2021 is now headed back to federal prison for another fraud conviction. U ...

A New Jersey man whose sentence was commuted by President Trump during the tail-end of his first term was imprisoned again on Friday for his third fraud conviction. Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, a ...

Derrick Smith, freed after more than 20 years in federal prison, now advocates for inmates and exposing sentencing disparities. Courtesy of Derrick Smith It’s not often that I agree with one of ...