We're giving people life sentences in the community." In Canada, criminal record suspensions, also known as pardons, require waiting five years for a summary offence, and 10 years for a more ...

They are among 29 people to benefit from Mr Trump's latest pardons before he leaves office next month. Twenty-six of them won full pardons on Wednesday night, while another three received ...

In Canada, in most cases, the issuer of pardons is the federal parole board using the Criminal Records Act. Lieutenant-governors of Canadian provinces may issue pardons on the advice of cabinet.

On Thursday morning Donald Trump announced that he would use his presidential powers to pardon Dinesh D'Souza, who had pleaded guilty in 2014 for campaign finance law violations. It marks the ...

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