The story of one US governor's historic use of clemency

Kate Brown, the governor of Oregon, signed an executive order granting clemency to 73 people who had committed crimes as juveniles, clearing a path for them to ...

GOVERNOR KATE BROWN OF OREGON'S HISTORIC USE OF ...

70 The reduction in clemency use in Oregon reflects a larger trend across most American states in the late 20th century. See BEN NOTTERMAN ...

Oregon | The story of one US governor's historic use of clemency ...

It's also a story of a governor's personal convictions and how she came to embrace clemency as a tool for criminal justice reform and as an act of grace, ...

Spotlighting one Governor's notable ... - Sentencing Law and Policy

The Guardian has this notable lengthy new piece, fully headlined "The story of one US governor's historic use of clemency: 'We are a nation of second ...

Oregon governor commutes sentences of everyone on death row in ...

With less than a month remaining in office, Kate Brown, said she was using her clemency powers to change the term to life in prison.

Oregon Governor Who Used Executive Clemency More Than ...

(Doug Berman of the Sentencing Law and Policy also recently cited the article, which is entitled, "Governor Kate Brown of Oregon's Historic Use ...

Governor Brown's historic clemency actions provide hopeful lesson

Governors have always had clemency powers, such as sentence reductions, criminal fine and debt forgiveness, and pardons. But they have been ...

Clemency - Death Penalty Information Center

Attorneys for South Carolina death row prisoner Richard Moore (pictured) filed a clemency petition with Governor Henry McMaster, asking him to commute his ...

Media • Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) • Lewis & Clark

The Guardian: The story of one US governor's historic use of clemency: 'We are a nation of second chances'; Statesman Journal: Proposal to retry hundreds of ...

Clemency in 2024 - American Bar Association

First, the unanimity requirement was removed, and now a clemency petition can be granted with a dissenting vote (so long as the governor ...

Clemency, Redemption, and Justice: A Personal Story | ACLU

While conducting research as I prepared my own clemency application, I learned that only one other person serving life without parole for a drug ...

Analysis: Why Executive Officials Grant Clemency

After pleas from numerous people including former President Jimmy Carter, Georgia Governor Zell Miller granted Harold clemency in 1991. Larry ...

From the Death Penalty to Marijuana, Clemency is a Tool For Justice

Executive clemency is a foundational principle of this nation. The U.S. Constitution grants the president clemency power, and as state ...

Juvenile Clemency - Marion County Oregon

A message from Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson: On October 20, 2021, Governor Brown utilized her executive clemency authority to retroactively ...

Executive Clemency Process - Missouri Department of Corrections

The Governor may impose conditions, restrictions and limitations, as deemed proper. All applications for pardon, commutation of sentence or reprieve shall be ...

Second Chances | Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation

Clemency reflects the shared values of mercy and redemption. So why is it almost never used? Granted by a state governor or the president, commutation -- which ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson granted over 600 pardons in three years

Parson inherited nearly 3,700 clemency applications when he was suddenly elevated from lieutenant governor following the resignation of scandal- ...

Clemency in a Time Of Crisis - The Reading Room

At the state level, the power to pardon or commute a criminal sentence—that is, to grant clemency—is vested in either the. Governor, an executive clemency ...

Pardons and commutations rising in Oregon - OPB

Oregon Governor Kate Brown has granted more pardons and commutations than any governor in recent state history. Aliza Kaplan is a law ...

How Governors Can Use Categorical Clemency as a Corrective Tool

2 Furthermore, the US criminal justice system perpetuates systemic racism,3 particularly harming Black, Latinx, and Native American people (The. Sentencing ...