President Joe Biden has said he is commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, setting a presidential record. Newsweek has contacted the White House for ...

In December 2024, Joe Biden, then in the last weeks of his presidency, made a final move to block the incoming Trump administration from resuming the execution of federal prisoners. With his clemency ...

At least four of the 37 men whose sentences were commuted last year could face the death penalty at the state level after a push from the Trump administration. By Eduardo Medina Two days before ...