Gov. Tony Evers announced April 3 that he’s reviving the state’s commutation process, allowing Wisconsin prisoners to apply to have their sentences shortened for the first time in 25 years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wisconsin Republicans are challenging Gov. Tony Evers' plan to offer commutations to people in prisons, saying that applications ...

After a firestorm of controversy, the state’s parole board will soon resume commutation hearings under a new policy of reducing the sentences of serious criminals. The intense controversy on the issue ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah Board of Pardons & Parole met with media to explain the process if death row inmate Ralph Menzies is granted a commutation hearing. His attorneys have asked the Board ...

Gov. Tony Evers has signed two executive orders to reinstate Wisconsin’s commutation process and create a new Commutation Advisory Board, according to a release from the governor’s office. The ...

The Justice Department's policies generally require such conferrals, but it is unclear whether standard procedures were followed by the President in today's mass commutations of federal death ...

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said the death “personally devastated” him, and galvanized him to push Gov. Wolf to speed up the commutation process. This June 1, 2018, file photo shows a housing unit in the ...

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed new executive orders restoring the state's commutation process for the first time in more than two decades — a move critics say could prioritize early ...

In simple terms, a commutation reduces a criminal penalty. This may include shortening a prison sentence or replacing a death sentence with life imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, which forgives a crime ...