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South Korea to pardon Samsung heir following corruption scandal

South Korea’s president will formally pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, one year after he was released on parole from a prison sentence for bribing former President Park Geun-hye as part of a corruption scandal that toppled Ms Park’s government. ...

12 Aug 2022 at 10:32

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Texas appeals court delays execution of Melissa Lucio

A Texas appeals court has delayed the execution of a woman amid growing doubts about whether she beat her two-year-old daughter to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a request by Melissa Lucio’s lawyers for a stay of execution ...

25 Apr 2022 at 20:55

Pardons scheme extended to all gay sex convictions imposed under repealed laws

Any conviction that was imposed on someone purely due to consensual homosexual activity under now-abolished laws will be included in a scheme aimed at “righting the wrongs of the past”, the Home Secretary is set to announce. Priti Patel said ...

04 Jan 2022 at 01:25

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Man given lethal injection for 1997 hammer killing

Oklahoma has executed a man for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state’s Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared. James Coddington, 50, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was ...

25 Aug 2022 at 18:26

Scotland

Keith Brown: No compensation will be paid to miners as part of strike pardons

Miners who are pardoned for historic convictions linked to strikes should not receive compensation from the Scottish Government, the Justice Secretary has said. Keith Brown rebuffed calls for the Scottish Government to consider ...

08 Feb 2022 at 14:25

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Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest act of clemency

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic, and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes....

12 Dec 2024 at 10:11

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Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Mr Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary ...

02 Dec 2024 at 08:42

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Joe Biden begins final White House holiday season with turkey pardons

President Joe Biden kicked off his final holiday season at the White House on Monday by issuing the traditional reprieve to two turkeys who will bypass the Thanksgiving table to live out their days in southern Minnesota. ...

25 Nov 2024 at 23:13

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Hunter Biden gun case dismissed after President Joe Biden’s sweeping pardon

A federal judge has dismissed the gun case against Hunter Biden after US President Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon for his son. US District Judge Maryellen Noreika closed the case the week before Hunter Biden was to ...

03 Dec 2024 at 17:13

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Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden defends probes

The criminal charges against Hunter Biden “were the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics”, the prosecutor who led the probes has said in a report that criticised President Joe Biden ...

14 Jan 2025 at 00:01

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Biden sets record by commuting sentences of 2,500 people over drug offences

US President Joe Biden has announced he is commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offences. Mr Biden is using his final days in office on a flurry of clemency actions meant to ...

17 Jan 2025 at 10:44

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Biden uses last day in office to pardon black nationalist Marcus Garvey

US President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Congressional leaders had ...

19 Jan 2025 at 14:30

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