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Author: BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND STORYFUL - Publish Date: November 18, 2021 at 11:35PM Julius Jones was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 2002 after being accused of killing a man in 1999. Demonstrators gathered at the Oklahoma governor’s mansion and State Capitol in an effort to stop his execution that is scheduled for Thursday.

Author: BY MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MAGGIE HABERMAN AND NICHOLAS FANDOS - Publish Date: April 7, 2021 at 06:44AM The congressman was at the time under investigation over whether he violated sex trafficking laws, though it was unclear what he knew of the inquiry.

Author: BY MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MAGGIE HABERMAN AND WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM - Publish Date: January 23, 2021 at 08:09AM Jonathan Braun’s 10-year sentence for running a drug ring was commuted by the departing president. The White House did not mention that he faces separate accusations of violence and threats.

Author: BY JOHN ELIGON AND ANNIE KARNI - Publish Date: January 23, 2021 at 07:50AM The former president doled out pardons to political allies and friends, but he also helped people serving harsh sentences.

Author: BY ERIC LIPTON - Publish Date: January 22, 2021 at 07:16AM Commutations in high-profile Medicare fraud cases have elicited anger among those who spent years pursuing complex prosecutions.

Author: BY GAIL COLLINS - Publish Date: January 21, 2021 at 07:56AM Lots of things are better than a colorful president.

Author: BY MAGGIE HABERMAN AND MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT - Publish Date: December 24, 2020 at 07:22AM It was the second wave of pardons and commutations by the president in two days, showing his willingness to use his power aggressively on behalf of loyalists.

Author: BY MAGGIE HABERMAN AND MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT - Publish Date: December 23, 2020 at 07:03AM The pre-Christmas wave of 20 pardons and commutations are not likely to be the last before Mr. Trump leaves office on Jan. 20.

Author: BY HAILEY FUCHS - Publish Date: December 11, 2020 at 10:04AM Despite a high-profile clemency campaign by allies of President Trump, the administration executed Brandon Bernard by lethal injection for his role in the 1999 crime.

Author: BY MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, KENNETH P. VOGEL, KATIE BENNER AND ADAM GOLDMAN - Publish Date: December 4, 2020 at 08:34AM A billionaire from San Francisco sought clemency for a psychologist convicted of monetary crimes. The Republican donor Elliott Broidy and a lawyer for Jared Kushner were enlisted.

Author: BY CHARLIE SAVAGE - Publish Date: December 1, 2020 at 07:29AM Prosecutors also revealed in a court filing that President Trump’s pardon of Michael Flynn was written broadly to end the former aide’s legal jeopardy.

Author: BY MAGGIE HABERMAN AND MICHAEL CROWLEY - Publish Date: November 25, 2020 at 09:53AM The expected pardon of President Trump’s former national security adviser, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I., is said to be one of a string Mr. Trump plans to issue before he leaves office.

Author: BY MARK LEIBOVICH - Publish Date: November 25, 2020 at 06:58AM Speculation had swirled in recent days that the president might make incendiary news by pardoning humans, but Corn and Cob got the honors at the annual White House ceremony.

Author: BY ANATOLY KURMANAEV - Publish Date: September 1, 2020 at 06:55AM President Nicolás Maduro cast his decree as a bid for unity, but many members of the political opposition quickly scorned it.

Author: BY PETER BAKER, MAGGIE HABERMAN AND SHARON LAFRANIERE - Publish Date: July 11, 2020 at 06:55AM The president’s friend had been convicted of impeding a congressional inquiry that threatened Mr. Trump.

Author: BY PETER BAKER, J. DAVID GOODMAN, MICHAEL ROTHFELD AND ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON - Publish Date: February 20, 2020 at 08:49AM The process bypassed the formal procedures used by past presidents and was driven instead by friendship, fame, personal empathy and a shared sense of persecution.

Author: BY JAMES B. STEWART - Publish Date: February 19, 2020 at 07:31AM An alternative narrative portrays Michael Milken, a symbol of 1980s greed, as a maverick crushed by the establishment. Even money won’t make that a reality.

Author: BY DAVE PHILIPPS - Publish Date: January 10, 2020 at 07:13AM Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn, once charged with murder, had asked that the Army restore his Special Forces tab, which denotes membership in the elite Green Berets force.

Author: BY DAVE PHILIPPS - Publish Date: January 10, 2020 at 07:13AM Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn, once charged with murder, had asked that the Army restore his Special Forces tab, which denotes membership in the elite Green Berets force.

Author: BY NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS - Publish Date: December 22, 2019 at 07:53AM Governors who issue pardons often do so on their way out of office. But the criticism, and court challenges, can endure.