
A pair of petitions calling for the release of Steven Avery, subject of Netflix’s new true crime series “Making a Murderer,” from prison have garnered nearly 200,000 signatures from fans who believe the man was wrongly convicted of murder.
by Daniel Nussbaum4 Jan 2016, 10:36 AM PST0

Robert Downey, Jr. received an official pardon from California Gov. Jerry Brown on Christmas Eve for his 1996 drug conviction in the state.
by Daniel Nussbaum24 Dec 2015, 11:57 AM PST0

On September 6, U.S. Marine Joshua Velez visited his brother in New Bergen, New Jersey, and was arrested for possession of a lawfully purchased 9mm handgun and hollow-point bullets.
by AWR Hawkins23 Dec 2015, 5:08 PM PST0

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed pardons for 10,000 former juvenile offenders in order, he says, to allow them to leave their past off applications for employment and credit.
by Warner Todd Huston21 Dec 2015, 5:19 PM PST0

After officially kicking off the Jubilee Year Tuesday, Pope Francis addressed crowds on Wednesday, telling them that the purpose of a Holy Year is to “live mercy” and that what God likes best is “forgiving his children.”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.9 Dec 2015, 11:20 AM PST0

According to a new poll, only 33% of Americans would support a presidential pardon for rogue National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who faces espionage charges. Of the poll respondents, 53% support these charges, while only 26% were opposed to a federal prosecution.
by John Hayward13 Aug 2015, 1:15 PM PST0

“I believe that at its heart, America is a nation of second chances, and I believe these folks deserve their second chance,” he said, suggesting that a life sentence for non-violent drug offenders were “not hardened criminals” and didn’t deserve overly harsh prison sentences.
by Charlie Spiering13 Jul 2015, 10:56 AM PST0

Benedict Cumberbatch and comedian Stephen Fry have united to seek a royal pardon for 49,000 British men who were persecuted in the 1950s for being gay, along with Enigma code breaker Alan Turing.
by Kipp Jones28 Jan 2015, 7:45 AM PST0

A former Massachusetts prosecutor, who once secured a civil rights injunction against Mark Wahlberg, says the actor shouldn’t be pardoned for attacking two Asian men in his youth.
by Kipp Jones14 Jan 2015, 9:17 AM PST0

California Governor Jerry Brown had a slight hitch issuing his traditional Christmas Eve pardons this year: he had to rescind one of the 105 pardons only hours after he issued it.
by William Bigelow25 Dec 2014, 12:02 PM PST0