Clemency can be a powerful second chance for ... Once you’ve crafted your narrative, you need to back it up with tangible evidence. Letters of support from family members, employers or community ...

Marcellus Williams’ attorneys are looking to Missouri’s governor to grant clemency from his impending execution, after an unprecedented legal battle culminated in a judge ruling Thursday to ...

Presently, I exist in such a space. Throughout my days, I’m haunted by the possibility that you might not choose to grant clemency to a soul under my care, Emmanuel Littlejohn. When I considered ...

In 2003, a man named Robert Roberson was convicted of capital murder based on a since-discredited pseudoscience called “shaken baby syndrome.” Police in Palestine, a small town about two hours ...

Jonathan Braun was allegedly chasing his wife before punching her father. A Staten Island man who ran a large-scale marijuana smuggling operation and whose 10-year federal prison sentence was ...

Meanwhile, attorneys for Williams have submitted a clemency petition to Gov. Mike Parson that emphasizes how relatives of the murder victim oppose the execution. Williams, 55, is set to die by ...

Jonathan Braun, whose drug sentence was commuted by Donald Trump shortly before he left office, was charged on Long Island, the latest incident to raise questions of how clemency applications were ...

For most of U.S. history, presidents since George Washington have been unwavering in the use of their clemency power. They understood their actions not only as a way to remedy overly harsh ...

Court Appeal, Clemency Petition Seek to Halt Execution of Missouri Man Who Claims Innocence ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office will appeal to the Missouri ...