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An illustration shows a president's hand pulling a person out of a prison cell.
Posted inAccountability

All the President’s Pardons

Brett Simpson portrait by Michael I Schiller, Anna Hamilton, Melissa Lewis, Taki Telonidis, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Brett Simpson, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson July 16, 2022July 16, 2022

The presidential pardon system is backlogged and broken.

An illustration shows a president's hand pulling a person out of a prison cell.
Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice

All the president’s pardons

by Michael I Schiller, Anna Hamilton, Taki Telonidis, Melissa Lewis, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Katherine Rae Mondo, Najib Aminy and Amy Mostafa December 12, 2020July 1, 2021

Under President Donald Trump, the pardon system has completely broken down.

Posted inAccountability

Pardon me

by Michael I Schiller, Anna Hamilton, Taki Telonidis, Melissa Lewis, Mwende Hinojosa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa and Katherine Rae Mondo November 2, 2019July 1, 2021

The inquiry into President Donald Trump brings memories of Richard Nixon and the pardon that changed history. Also, how the pardons system broke down.

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Posted inThe Trump Era

Pardon me

by Michael I Schiller, Taki Telonidis, Anna Hamilton, Melissa Lewis, Mwende Hinojosa, Najib Aminy, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda and Al Letson July 6, 2019July 1, 2021

We share the story of a broken pardons system, leaving a backlog of 13,000 applications, and a pardon attorney’s office that the White House ignores.

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