Trump Pardons Ranchers Who Sparked Refuge Occupation
The sentencing in a 2012 arson case in Oregon led to a protest by Ammon Bundy and dozens of others who complained about alleged federal overreach.
A Message to Mueller? Trump Pardons Cheney Ex-Aide 'Scooter' Libby
The president suggests the former vice president's chief of staff had been "treated unfairly" by a special counsel who prosecuted him for obstruction of justice and lying to investigators.
Obama, Deporter in Chief, Should Pardon the Undocumented
President Obama can use his immense power of the presidential pardon to de-escalate the war on immigrants, which otherwise threatens to get immeasurably worse under Donald Trump.
Obama’s Grants of Clemency Top 1,300 in Effort to Address Justice System Problems
On Tuesday, he granted 78 pardons and 153 commutations—the record for any president in a single day—to individuals with nonviolent offenses.
Publish, Punish and Pardon: How Obama Could Reveal the Nature of the National Security State
At this late date, what might a president alarmed by his successor do, if not to hamper Trump's ability to create global mayhem, then at least to set the record straight before he leaves the White House?
Jill Stein: 'If Elected President I Will Immediately Pardon Edward Snowden'
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is promising, if she is elected, to pardon the NSA whistleblower, whose revelation of secret government spying ruled illegal by federal judges “was among the most important in US history.”
Bureaucrat Torpedoes Plea for a Presidential Pardon
The prosecutor and trial judge urged federal officials to commute Clarence Aaron's sentence, but the Justice Department had other ideas.
Shades of Mercy: Presidential Forgiveness Heavily Favors Whites
To avoid repeating a scandal like his predecessor’s, George W. Bush gave career lawyers in the Justice Department far-reaching authority to choose who got presidential pardons. The result: Whites are nearly four times as likely as minorities to win a pardon, even when the type of crime and severity of sentence are taken into account.Whites are nearly four times as likely as minorities to win a presidential pardon.
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Truthdigger of the Week: David Geffen
Truthdig tips its hat this week to David Geffen, the powerhouse producer who decided on principle to break ties with Hillary Clinton and support Barack Obama's bid for the White House instead.
