Pardons

National

Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace

9:17pm January 21, 2025

Ulbricht operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road when law enforcement arrested him. The pardon fulfills a campaign pledge Trump made to Ulbricht's Libertarian supporters.

National

Trump defends his decision to pardon January 6 rioters

8:15pm January 21, 2025

Trump said those prosecuted for the attack on the U.S. Capitol had served long enough, and he sought to shift criticism to a set of preemptive pardons issued by former President Joe Biden.

Politics & Government

North Carolina governor commutes 4 sentences, pardons 4 others

7:00am July 14, 2024

by Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has issued pardons for four ex-offenders and commuted the sentences of four others convicted of crimes to the time they've already served.

Politics & Government

North Carolina legislative aide, nonprofit founder receives pardon of forgiveness from governor

2:41pm December 22, 2023

by Associated Press

A beneficiary of one of North Carolina Gov.

President Biden speaks at the White House on Sept. 30. On Thursday, Biden announced that he is taking executive action to pardon people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law and D.C. statute.

Politics & Government

Biden to pardon simple federal marijuana possession convictions

6:16pm October 06, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

The pardons will be done through an administration process to be developed by the Justice Department, administration officials told reporters; it will cover citizens and lawful permanent residents.

Dontae Sharpe reacts outside the Pitt County Courthouse after a judge determined he could be set free on Aug. 22, 2019, in Greenville, N.C. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday pardoned Sharpe, who spent 24 years behind bars for a murder he has long s

National

A North Carolina man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years is pardoned

8:53am November 13, 2021

by The Associated Press

The pardon allows Dontae Sharpe to apply for compensation for his wrongful conviction for first-degree murder. A witness against him said her claims were made up, based on what investigators told her.

Steve Bannon leaves federal court on Aug. 20 after pleading not guilty to charges he defrauded donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a southern border wall.

Trump Pardons Steve Bannon, Lil Wayne In Final Clemency Flurry

11:37am January 20, 2021

Bannon and Lil Wayne were two of dozens of people granted clemency by Trump just hours before his terms comes to a close.

Gov. Cooper Issues Pardons Of Innocence To 5 Inmates

5:56pm December 17, 2020

by Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday the pardons of five men convicted of crimes he believes they did not commit.

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin defends pardoning and commuting sentences for more than 400 convicted people in his final days in office.

National

Ex-Kentucky Gov. Defends Controversial Pardons For Child Rapist, Murderer

2:31pm December 20, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Matt Bevin told Kentucky station WHAS Thursday: "If you had been repeatedly sexually violated, as a small child, by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically."

(From left) Lake County, Fla., Sheriff Willis McCall and an unidentified man stand next to Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Charles Greenlee. The three were accused of rape in 1949, along with a fourth man. They were all pardoned Friday.

National

Accused Of Florida Rape 70 Years Ago, 4 Black Men Get Posthumous Pardons

5:45pm January 11, 2019

by Ian Stewart

The new governor said the arrests and trials, and in two cases the killings, of the Groveland Four were unjust. Families of the men had worked for the pardons. The accuser maintained she did not lie.