
2025 Clemency Actions Mark Significant Shifts in US Criminal Justice Approach
10 September 2025Historic Changes in Presidential Clemency The clemency power, enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, encompasses multiple forms of presidential mercy, including pardons that forgive past crimes and restore civil rights. President Biden has made history by issuing more individual pardons and commutations than any U.S. president, including the commutation of sentences for nearly 2,500 people convicted […]