There are all sorts of checks and balances baked into the Constitution. But one power sits above the law, untouched by ...

People convicted of murder, various crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, drug trafficking, fraud, violating protections ...

President Donald Trump's pardon of P.G. Sittenfeld seemed to come out of the blue, but it bears a resemblance to other recent ...

President Donald Trump said he would weigh a potential pardon for Sean “Diddy” Combs, whose federal sex crimes trial is ...

Reality stars, rappers and disgraced politicians have received some of the high-profile pardons doled out by the president ...

Decades ago, a convicted murderer whose death-penalty sentence was overturned on appeal was returned to Champaign County for re-sentencing.

Once an agent investigating Mexican drug cartels, new Chicago FBI head Douglas DePodesta is focused on fentanyl ...

Authorities say a man who wounded 12 people in an attack on a group holding their weekly demonstration for the release of ...

President Donald Trump recently pardoned two Florida men who were convicted of theft in 2022 after freeing 19 sharks in 2020 ...

The moves not only take aim at criminal cases once touted as just by the Justice Department but also come amid a continuing ...