Analysis
January 19
Donald Trump’s volatile approach to granting clemency epitomizes a system that many have long hoped to change.
News
November 8, 2020
Joe Biden ran on the most progressive criminal justice platform of any major party candidate in generations. So what can he actually do?
Commentary
December 13, 2017
What It's Like to Get Clemency — One Year Later
Catching up with Obama’s clemency recipients.
Q&A
February 14, 2017
“He felt strongly that this was a gift, and the gift had to be earned.”
Commentary
January 26, 2017
The difference between the freed and the left-behind was often luck.
News
January 18, 2017
Two commutations this week was less than many had hoped for.
News
December 23, 2015
It’s not true that prisoners get released during the holidays
Commentary
December 17, 2015
Gretchen Sween was hired a month before Holiday was executed. This is what she saw.
News
December 14, 2015
Why hasn’t President Obama freed more prisoners? Maybe that’s the wrong question.
Feature
October 23, 2015
A one-on-one interview with the president.