Clemency

Snowden Letter

Did Edward Snowden really ask for clemency?

Global Politics

Did he or didn’t he? Members of Congress seem to think Edward Snowden, the man responsible for leaking thousands of pages of National Security Agency documents, wrote a letter asking for clemency. Some aren’t so sure.

VIDEO: Mississippi Supreme Court to hear case over ex-Governor’s many pardons

Global Politics

Woman speaks out after sister’s killer is pardoned, released by Haley Barbour

Global Politics

Haley Barbour ignites storm of controversy with last-minute pardons

Global Politics

Thousands seek presidential pardons

Global Politics

‘Amnesty’: Sensitive Word in the Immigration Debate

Conflict & Justice

A key sticking point to passing an immigration reform package in Congress will be how to handle the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US.

Obama Campaign Returns Funds to Fugitive Rojas-Cardona’s Family

Global Politics

Barack Obama’s election campaign fund has decided to re-pay donations from relatives of a fugitive, Juan Jose Rojas-Cardona. The family has also sought a pardon for Rojas-Cardona, who fled to Mexico in 1994 to escape a variety of fraud and drug charges.

Mississippi Pardons May Spark Manhunts

Mississippi’s attorney general Jim Hood said Thursday that the state may have to issue a nationwide manhunt after four pardoned murderers left jail and “hit the road running.” The four were among nearly 200 convicted criminals granted clemency by Governor   Barbour before he left office earlier this week. Why Barbour did this, and the legality […]

The World

Outgoing president Bush announces list of 14 pardons

Global Politics

The White House announced that President Bush would grant 14 pardons and commute 2 sentences before leaving office in January. The pardons did not include any of the high-profile defendants who have previously petitioned the Bush administration for help.

The World

In audio: Ford pardons Nixon

Global Politics

With President Bush facing a pile of applications for pardons, The Takeaway goes back to one of the most famous and controversial pardons a president has ever made.