Release of Convict in Nemtsov's Killing for Military Operation in Ukraine

A man convicted in the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has been released from jail after signing up for military operations in Ukraine. Other convicts remain in jail for refusing to sign up. Tens of thousands of Russian prisoners have volunteered to join the Russian army fighting in Ukraine in exchange for clemency if they survive.

President Biden's Pardon of Veterans Convicted for Being Gay

President Biden pardoned veterans who were convicted and forced out of the military for being gay under a former law banning gay sex, extending clemency to thousands of former service members affected from the 1950s to 2013.

Death Penalty

Missouri's governor denies clemency for Brian Dorsey, scheduled to be executed despite calls for his life to be saved.

Lawrence DeLisle Seeking Clemency for Drowning Deaths of His Four Children

Lawrence DeLisle, convicted of murder in the drowning deaths of his four children, is seeking clemency, claiming the deaths were an accident caused by a leg cramp. He has served 35 years of his five life sentences.

Legal Cases Involving Jesse Alvarez and Willie James Pye

Jesse Alvarez found guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend's fiancé; Georgia man Willie James Pye seeks clemency due to intellectual disability and remorse for killing ex-girlfriend; Pye's lawyers argue for life sentence based on his background; Pye's execution scheduled for March 20; Pye, Chester Adams, and a teenager convicted of robbing and killing Alicia Lynn Yarbrough in 1993; Pye's lawyers argue for resentencing due to inadequate trial preparation

Death Row Inmate Thomas Creech to be Executed in Idaho

Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate, Thomas Creech, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection after being convicted of multiple murders in three states. Despite efforts for clemency based on his behavior in prison, the execution is set to proceed.