Tag: Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons

What Worries Me Most About a Trump Presidency

There are almost daily headlines now describing what Donald Trump would do if elected: the mass deportations, the pardons handed out to his friends and golf buddies, the Justice Department settling scores and waging personal vendettas. The former president has even promised violence if the election goes against him, warning that it could be a […]

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Trump’s Abortion Calculus, and ‘Deepnudes’ in Schools

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Pardoned for Serving in Ukraine, They Return to Russia to Kill Again

Viktor Savvinov had already been imprisoned several times for various crimes — including robbery, auto theft and assault — when he murdered a female drinking companion during a quarrel in 2020, stabbing her in the chest with four knives. A court in Russia’s Siberian region of Yakutia sentenced him to 11 years in a maximum-security […]

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He’s on Death Row for Murders. Prison Workers Say He Should Be Spared.

Among those asking Missouri’s governor to spare the life of Brian Dorsey, who was convicted of two murders and is set to be executed on Tuesday, were Roman Catholic bishops, law professors and national mental health groups. There was also a less expected cohort seeking clemency: more than 70 current and former prison workers who […]

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