Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Joe Biden announced Thursday he is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were placed on home confinement ...

Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences to life in prison without parole, as they seek to appeal their cases and ...

In simple terms, a commutation reduces a criminal penalty. This may include shortening a prison sentence or replacing a death sentence with life imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, which forgives a crime ...

The White House has not ruled out President Joe Biden commuting any criminal sentence his son Hunter Biden may receive following his conviction on three federal gun charges this week. [ Read more ...

Federal prosecutors had been examining the circumstances behind the commutation of David Gentile’s sentence. He was aided by ...

President Joe Biden announced Thursday he is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were placed on home confinement during the COVID pandemic and pardoning 39 others convicted of ...