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As President Biden finishes his term as U.S. president, one of his final acts was to grant executive clemency to Aim activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent over 50 years in jail for the murders of two FBI Agents, during the AIM movement in 1975. CBC | World News
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Nicholas Sutton, Tennessee Inmate Who Saved Prison Guard During Riot, Executed Despite Judge’s Clemency Plea
Death row inmate Nicholas Sutton was executed this week, despite pleas from prison staff and a former federal judge to spare the life of the prisoner credited with saving the lives of prison guards while behind bars. As the Equal Justice Initiative noted, the 58-year-old convicted murderer was killed by electrocution after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee denied a clemency application ...
Read More »Trump goes on clemency blitz: sentences commuted, convicts pardoned
U.S. President Donald Trump has commuted what he called a “ridiculous” 14-year prison sentence for former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and pardoned former New York Police Department commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others. CBC | World News
Read More »Controversial clemency: Notable presidential pardons and shortened sentences
U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to shorten the sentence of convicted leaker Chelsea Manning is hardly the first time a presidential grant of clemency or a pardon has attracted controversy. CBC | World News
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