Obama commutes 330 drug sentences on last day as president
By JOSH LEDERMAN In a last major act as president, Barack Obama cut short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes on Thursday, bringing his bid to…
Pardons and commutations
2 Al-Jazeera journalists pardoned by Egypt leader are freed
By MERRIT KENNEDY and MARAM MAZEN Egypt released two journalists for Al-Jazeera English TV from prison after a presidential pardon on Wednesday, a dramatic development in a case that has…
RUSSIAN OLIGARCH MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY A FREE MAN
FILE In this Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010 file photo Mikhail Khodorkovsky, left, looks from behind glass at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday…
PUTIN TO PARDON JAILED TYCOON KHODORKOVSKY
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) Vladimir Putin Russian President…
BRADLEY MANNING SAYS HE WANTS TO LIVE AS A WOMAN
By DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEK FILE – In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army, Pfc. Bradley Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick.…
1ST BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP’S FAMILY WANTS PARDON
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Boxer Jack Johnson is shown signing contracts in this undated photo. Relatives and hometown supporters of boxing’s first black heavyweight champion are turning to YouTube to convince…
PUBLIC PACKS IOWA HEARING ON RELEASING KILLER
By RYAN J. FOLEY This Nov. 1, 2012 photo provided by the Iowa Department of Corrections shows Rasberry Williams who is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting an acquaintance…