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 ...

Chairman of the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles Carleton Giles landed in the hot seat Monday as Judiciary Committee members grilled Giles on his controversial new commutation policy that ...

Earlier this month, the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles indefinitely suspended commutation, the process through which incarcerated individuals apply to have their sentences reconsidered.

TULSA, Okla. — Because Oklahoma prisons have been considered hot spots for COVID, some inmates' families hoped for commutation, but the illness is also to blame for stalling that process. The ...

Monday all eyes will be on the Pardon and Parole Board as they consider Julius Jones commutation application. He sits on death row for the 1999 murder of an Edmond businessman Paul Howell. News 9 was ...

HARRISBURG (KDKA) - Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has hired former life-sentence inmates to provide insight on Pennsylvania's commutation process. In a press release, Braddock native Lt. Gov. Fetterman said ...

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said the death “personally devastated” him, and galvanized him to push Gov. Wolf to speed up the commutation process. This June 1, 2018, file photo shows a housing unit in the ...

(WHTM) — Advocates say there are more than 5,000 inmates serving life sentences in Pennsylvania, and not enough of them are getting second chances. The Let’s Get Free Initiative sent a petition with ...

Connecticut’s Board of Pardons and Paroles has paused commutations “pending an expeditious review of its policies and processes,” Gov. Ned Lamont’s office said Thursday. Officials said the decision ...

The Utah Board of Pardons & Parole met with media to explain the process if death row inmate Ralph Menzies is granted a commutation hearing. His attorneys have asked the Board to stop his planned ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Gov. Dennis Daugaard has issued an executive order saying he will perform an "independent review" of all petitions for pardons or sentence reductions, shortly after his predecessor ...