Gavin Newsom's office hopes the state permanently moves to the streamlined process of assessing an inmate's risk to society.

The bill, which has nine sponsors right now, proposes amending the N.C. Constitution to require legislative approval of all clemency granted by the governor.

Newsom on Monday plans to propose a new parole board process that could clear a path for more prisoners to have their ...

The ruling is the first to confront the Trump administration’s vacillating views about how far Trump intended to go with his blanket pardon.

Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded ...

Todd and Julie Chrisley, formerly on Chrisley Knows Best hope for a pardon from President Donald Trump, and after a new ...

The world as we know it has changed following the return of President Donald Trump, his executive orders and policies ...

President Donald Trump's administration on Friday fired at least two senior career officials at the U.S. Justice Department, ...

After nearly 50 years of arbitrary detention, Native American activist Leonard Peltier was finally able to return home on ...

The new district attorney's stand could roll back an effort by his predecessor to ease the brothers' punishment for killing ...