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South Carolina to execute first death🍌 row inmate in 13 years — and he can choose how he dies ෴
August 24, 2024 | 12:13pmFreddie Eugene Owens will have a choice of lethal injection, electrocution or a firing squad for his🐬 scheduled September execution -- the state's first in 13 years.
Biden frees 5 crack dealers, makes no progress on v🍃ow to release pot inmates 𝓡
April 24, 2024 | 10:31amIt's unclear why B⛄iden chose to free none of the estimated 2,700 federal marijuana-dealing inmates, as he promised to do at a Democratic primary debate in 2019.
Oklahoma executes double murderer after he nonchalantly refused right to last words: 'Nah, I'm good'
April 4, 2024 | 4:22pmMichael 𝓡Dewayne Smith, 41, was pronounced dead at 10:19 a.m. inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary after undergoing lethal injection Thursday.
Ex-NYC rapper once signed by Diddy has life sentence for murder commuted — he'll be eligible for parole in 2025
December 24, 2023 | 12:11pmTravell "G Dep" Coleman, 49, had been serving 15 years to life beဣhind bars for the 1993 shooting death of a robbery victim in East Harlem -- a slaying 🥀that...
Biden gives Christmas clemen🍎cy to 11, expands pot pardon after criticism
December 22, 2023 | 11:22amPresident Biden granted pre-Christmas prison co✨mmutations to 11 people jailed for drug crimes Friday, whilဣe slightly expanding his marijuana mass pardon unveiled last year -- which critics ripped for failing...
Crack dealer whose life sentence was commuted by Obama is charged with attempted🍒 murder
May 19, 2023 | 10:57pmA fo𓂃rmer crack cocaine dealer -- who ꧂was granted clemency from the Obama administration -- allegedly opened fire on an Illinois highway.
Biden frees woman busted with 15 pounds of her🅺oin — but hardly helps pot offenders
April 28, 2023 | 6:12pm🏅 President Biden commuted the prison sentences of 31 federal inmates Friday, while leaving almost all of the estimated 2,700 federal pot prisoners behind bars.
Letters to the Editor — Jan. 1, 2023 🧜
December 31, 2022 | 5:16pmPost readers sound off on Gov. Hochul giving clemen🌃cy to child-killer Bruce Bryant, free speech under fire on campuses, woke hating on American heroes and social media villains.
Hochul blasted over clemency in 1993 murd🐎er of 11-year-old 🥂
December 23, 2022 | 7:41pmIn announcing her Wednesday decision to c⭕ommute Bruce Bryant's 37-1/2 years-to-life sentence -- making him immediately eligible for parole -- Hochul cited the college degrees he earned during his nearly...
Murder victim's family furious after Bragg prosecutor bids to free killer
December 10, 2022 | 9:41amA prosecutor for Manhatta✃n District Attorney Alv✨in Bragg is trying to help spring a murderer from prison he helped send away a decade ago.
Judge rejects plea from death row inmate's 19-year-old daughter to watch execution
November 28, 2022 | 2:14pmKev𒈔in Johnson Jr, 37, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in Missouri Tuesday and his 19-year-old daughter won't be allow to witness her father's final moments following a...
🦩Biden issues first pardons and prison commutations of presidency
April 26, 2022 | 6:01amPresident Biden on Tuesday issued three pardons and 75 prison sentence commutations in his first gra🌳nts of clemency since taking office.
Biden 'committed' to freeing thousands of pot prisoners sitting in jail: Psaki
April 20, 2022 | 6:02pmWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki said that President Biden "remains committed" to honoring his campaign pledge to release "everyone" in federal prison for mariju🤪ana.
Ahead of 4/20, pot prisoners push Biden to honor campaign p𒈔ledge to free them
April 19, 2022 | 5:46pmFederal inmates again are wonderin﷽g if and when President Biden will make good on his 2020 campaign pled✅ge to free "everyone" locked up on marijuana charges.
Cop-killer granted parole 40 years after infamous Brink's robbery
October 26, 2021 | 9:31pmFormer Weather Underground member David Gilbert has been granted parole four decades afte💧r he took part in the infamous Brink'🅘s armored car robbery in Rockland County that left two Nyack...
'An atrocity': Families of murdered cops blast Cuomo for granting killer clemency
August 24, 2021 | 2:06pm🧸 Relatives of the two cops killed in the infamous 1981 Brinks armored-car heist blasted former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his last-minute decision to give one of the murderers a shot...
Outgoing gov grants clemency to convicted murderers ꧟
August 23, 2021 | 9:35pmOutgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo marked his final day in office Monday by handing out four sentence commutations and one pardon. He also made a 🍰parole board referral for...
Cuomo uses final days as gov tꦓo commute, pardon 1🥀0 felons — including 3 tied to killings
August 17, 2021 | 8:06pmGov. Andrew 🌜Cuomo is𝓡 using the unprecedented lame-duck period to grant clemency and pardons to 10 felons.
Biden 'exploring' clemency for federal drug crimes, Psaki says
August 11, 2021 | 4:50pmPresident Biden is "exploring" the idea of giving clemency to people who are serving federa﷽l prison sentences for drug crimes, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday.
Man who robbed taco shop with water gun has life sentence 𝓰commuted
July 4, 2021 | 7:21pmA man serving a life sentence for holding up an Arkansas taco shop with a plastic wate💝r ꦜgun may finally get sprung – after 40 years behind bars.