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2 Death Row Prisoners Refuse Biden’s Clemency

Two death row inmates reject Biden’s clemency, taking gamble on appeals

Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis argued that President Joe Biden’s commutations hinder their chance of appeal as they seek to prove their innocence.

Washington Times · 15h

Two convicted murderers granted clemency by Biden sue to remain on death row

Two convicted murderers whose death sentences were commuted last month by President Biden asked a federal court Tuesday to keep them on death row, saying the clemency action could stall their appeals.

USA TODAY on MSN · 14h

Two death row inmates reject Biden's commutation of their sentences

Shannon Wayne Agofsky and Len Davis both filed emergency petitions prevent their death sentences from being commuted to life in prison without parole.

Fate of nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants depends on Trump

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Explainer-Who are the Jan. 6 defendants that might receive clemency from Donald Trump?

Republican President-elect Donald Trump has promised to grant clemency to at least some of his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in a failed bid to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.

USA Today · 1d

Will Donald Trump pardon Jacksonville-area defendants from Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot?

At least 11 people living in or near Jacksonville were charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, but some have already served their sentences.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

The fate of nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants depends on Donald Trump

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to pardon many defendants accused or convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Proud Boys Ex-Leader Asks Trump for Pardon

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

On Anniversary of US Capitol Attack, Proud Boys Ex-Leader Asks Trump for Pardon

The request, in a letter, came through Tarrio’s lawyer, Nayib Hassan of Miami, two weeks before Trump is due to return to the White House. Trump has said he will consider pardon

Rolling Stone · 1d

Proud Boys Honcho Sentenced to 22 Years for Jan. 6 Asks Trump for Pardon

Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys on Jan. 6 2021, is seeking a pardon from Trump for his 22-year seditious conspiracy conviction.

ABC News on MSN · 1d

Enrique Tarrio, former Proud Boys leader, asks Trump for pardon

Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years behind bars for his role in helping rally members of the far-right group to come to Washington in advance of Jan. 6, prosecutors say, with

Austin American-Statesman on MSN26d

President Biden grants largest act of clemency in a day. Here's what it means

President Biden announced he is commuting prison sentences for nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in what is the ...

USA Today26d

Biden pardons his son, then commutes single-day record 1,500 sentences. What's next?

WASHINGTON – First came President Joe Biden's controversial pardon this month of his son, Hunter Biden. It was followed Thursday by the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history ...

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Clemency is warranted for pro-life activists convicted under the FACE Act

The Justice Department has used the FACE Act as a cudgel to force peaceful pro-life advocates into submission — and prison.

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Falcon ‘J6 praying grandma’ says she won’t take pardon if offered after conviction in Jan. 6 crimes

Today marks four years to the day since protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol, in an attempt to derail the certification of the ...

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A presidential pardon: Is it equal justice for all or just a few? | The Excerpt

What can the historical use of this awesome power tell us about how we should judge this political inflection point?

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Duluth News Tribune15hOpinion

Local View: Jim Carlson's Biden clemency in contrast with Minnesota's pardon process

From the column: "The former Duluth head shop owner can be gratified for the dichotomy that facilitated him now being a free man." ...

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Opinion: Hunter Biden’s pardon seems like an abuse of power. But it is perfectly in the president’s power

Pardoning your own family member may seem like an abuse of power, but it is within the president’s constitutional power to do ...

News Nation on MSN1d

Should Trump pardon Jan. 6 convicts? Geraldo Rivera, James Carville discuss

Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys chairman serving 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy over the Jan. 6 attack, is ...

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Biden pressed to pardon influential Black leader Marcus Garvey posthumously

President Biden is being pressured to grant a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey — a Black nationalist who was influential ...

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