http://www.mail.com/subjects/35846-pardons-commutations.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/35846-pardons-commutations.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2063590-work-ahead-ala-scottsboro-boys-pardons.html MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Though the Alabama Legislature has cleared the way for posthumous pardons of the Scottsboro Boys, much work — from legal documents to public hearings — remains before the names of the nine black teens wrongly convicted more than 80 years ago are officially cleared. The Scottsboro Boys were convicted by all-white juries of raping tw... Sun, 05 May 2013 02:29:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2063590-work-ahead-ala-scottsboro-boys-pardons.html 2013-05-05T02:29:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001370-italy-pardons-us-air-force-officer-cia-case.html ROME (AP) — Italy's president on Friday pardoned a U.S. Air Force colonel convicted in absentia by Italian courts in the CIA-conducted abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street in a move he hoped would keep American-Italian relations strong, especially on security matters. President Giorgio Napolitano's office said the head of state gran... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001370-italy-pardons-us-air-force-officer-cia-case.html 2013-04-05T20:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000004-ala-lawmakers-vote-to-pardon-scottsboro-boys.html MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The legacy of the "Scottsboro Boys" is secure: The nine black teens were wrongly convicted more than 80 years ago in one of America's most infamous racial tragedies. Alabama is now moving to repair its own legacy, and correct past injustices, with a bill to allow posthumous pardons for the group. On Thursday, the state House voted ... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:31:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000004-ala-lawmakers-vote-to-pardon-scottsboro-boys.html 2013-04-05T08:31:43Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1994290-1st-black-heavyweight-champs-family-wants-pardon.html HOUSTON (AP) — Relatives and hometown supporters of the nation's first black heavyweight boxing champion are turning to YouTube to convince President Barack Obama to posthumously pardon him of a 1913 conviction for accompanying a white woman across state lines. Jack Johnson, nicknamed the "Galveston Giant" after his Texas hometown, was at the center of ra... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:56:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1994290-1st-black-heavyweight-champs-family-wants-pardon.html 2013-04-03T01:56:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1982830-iowa-governor-asked-to-reduce-killers-sentence.html WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Supporters of an inmate serving life in prison for a 1974 murder urged Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on Wednesday to commute the sentence so he can be released, while the victim's relatives said they had forgiven him. The statements, given during an unusual public hearing called by the governor, appeared to add momentum to 66-year-old Ras... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:27:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1982830-iowa-governor-asked-to-reduce-killers-sentence.html 2013-03-28T01:27:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980558-iowa-governor-holds-hearing-releasing-killer.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's governor has called a rare public hearing Wednesday to gather input on whether he should free an inmate widely credited with turning his life around while serving 38 years in prison for a 1974 murder. Rasberry Williams, 66, is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder after shooting a neighbor over a $30 gambling debt o... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:40:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980558-iowa-governor-holds-hearing-releasing-killer.html 2013-03-26T18:40:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1956792-nigeria-summons-us-official-tweets-pardon.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's foreign ministry summoned a top U.S. diplomat Friday night over an issue of national importance — on Twitter. At dispute are two messages sent Friday by the U.S. Embassy's Twitter account critical of an unconditional pardon given to a former governor convicted on corruption charges, a man who President Goodluck Jonathan onl... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:09:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1956792-nigeria-summons-us-official-tweets-pardon.html 2013-03-15T22:09:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950772-nigeria-pardons-ex-governor-who-stole-millions.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has pardoned the former political benefactor of the nation's president, a presidential adviser said Wednesday, a politician convicted of stealing millions of dollars while serving as a state governor. The decision from a closed-door meeting Tuesday of the Council of State to pardon former Bayelsa state Gov. Diepreye Alamieyes... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:43:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950772-nigeria-pardons-ex-governor-who-stole-millions.html 2013-03-13T11:43:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934966-column-it-time-to-recast-legacy.html For all the things President Obama says he can't do because of the political gridlock in Washington, he can right a century-old wrong simply by picking up a pen. Tomorrow wouldn't be too soon. Jack Johnson, boxing's first black heavyweight champion, was arrested in October 1912, railroaded by an all-white jury the following June and eventually served a ye... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:52:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934966-column-it-time-to-recast-legacy.html 2013-03-06T08:52:30Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1933332-lawmakers-seek-pardon-boxing-champ.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers seeking a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, the world's first black heavyweight boxing champion imprisoned a century ago for his romantic relationships with white women, renewed their efforts on Tuesday. Sens. Harry Reid, D-Nev., John McCain, R-Ariz., and William "Mo" Cowan, D-Mass., joined Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., to reint... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:49:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1933332-lawmakers-seek-pardon-boxing-champ.html 2013-03-05T20:49:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1925892-obama-issues-pardons-to-17-minor-offenses.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday issued pardons for 17 people, largely for minor offenses. Those receiving pardons came from 13 states and had been sentenced for crimes that included falsely altering a money order, unauthorized acquisition of food stamps, drug violations, and possession of an unregistered firearm. No ... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:56:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1925892-obama-issues-pardons-to-17-minor-offenses.html 2013-03-01T22:56:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924660-ukraine-pardon-jailed-opposition-leader.html KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president said Friday he will consider pardoning an imprisoned ally of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in an apparent move to ease tensions with the West. Tymoshenko and her former Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko have been jailed on charges of abuse of office condemned as politically motivated by the West. Bot... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:24:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924660-ukraine-pardon-jailed-opposition-leader.html 2013-03-01T17:24:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878922-iowa-governor-pardons-pig-bacon-festival.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A young pig has won a reprieve from the frying pan just as Iowa's popular bacon festival is about to begin. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad pardoned the 30-pound, 2 ½-month-old Berkshire pig named Bonnie on Friday morning. The pardon took place outside the governor's mansion in Des Moines in a ceremony ahead of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festi... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878922-iowa-governor-pardons-pig-bacon-festival.html 2013-02-09T03:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1798140-inmate-ordered-retried-80-waiting-since.html GATESVILLE, Texas (AP) — Jerry Hartfield was still a young man when an uncle visited him in prison to tell him that his murder conviction had been overturned and he would get a new trial. Not long afterward, he was moved off of death row. "A sergeant told me to pack my stuff and I wouldn't return. I've been waiting ever since for that new trial," Hartfiel... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1798140-inmate-ordered-retried-80-waiting-since.html 2013-01-03T18:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1793496-nc-governor-signs-pardons-wilmington-10.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue issued pardons Monday to the Wilmington 10, a group wrongly convicted 40 years ago in a notorious Civil Rights-era prosecution that led to accusations that the state was holding political prisoners. Perdue issued pardons of innocence Monday for the nine black men and one white woman who rece... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1793496-nc-governor-signs-pardons-wilmington-10.html 2012-12-31T20:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1783338-pope-pardons-ex-butler-who-stole-leaked-documents.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI granted his former butler a Christmas pardon Saturday, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times. After the 15-minute meeting, Paolo Gabriele was freed and returned to his Vatican City apartment where h... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1783338-pope-pardons-ex-butler-who-stole-leaked-documents.html 2012-12-22T14:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1773324-mention-weight-ohio-governor-grants-mercy.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The decision by Ohio's governor to spare a morbidly obese death row inmate on legal grounds unrelated to the prisoner's weight means executions will likely carry on in the state next year. Gov. John Kasich on Monday commuted the death sentence of Ronald Post to life without the possibility of parole, sparing him for the 1983 shooting... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1773324-mention-weight-ohio-governor-grants-mercy.html 2012-12-18T07:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1717654-wrongly-convicted-va-man-pardon-life.html NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Johnathan Montgomery spent the past four years in a Virginia state prison saying the same thing a lot of inmates do: He was innocent. Convicted in 2008 of molesting a 10-year-old girl outside her grandmother's Hampton home when he was 14, he insisted the alleged 2000 assault never happened. Turns out, he was telling the truth. After th... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1717654-wrongly-convicted-va-man-pardon-life.html 2012-11-21T22:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1717188-obama-pardons-thanksgiving-turkey.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pardoned two turkeys in an annual Thanksgiving rite on Wednesday, saying he wanted to offer the birds a second chance. "They say life is all about second chances, and this November I couldn't agree more with that sentiment," a smiling Obama said in one of several lighthearted references to his re-election this mont... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1717188-obama-pardons-thanksgiving-turkey.html 2012-11-21T22:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1716128-obama-to-pardon-thanksgiving-turkey.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Back from a trip to Asia, President Barack Obama is taking care of some holiday business, pardoning the national Thanksgiving turkey. The annual White House ceremony takes place Wednesday afternoon in the Rose Garden. The tradition started in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy became the first president to grant a pardon to a turkey at ... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1716128-obama-to-pardon-thanksgiving-turkey.html 2012-11-21T09:57:00Z