... by the imagination and conscience of the president, allowing it to address categorical releases, pardons, and to reach those people left behind by the inevitable inter-judge disparities created by mechanisms like compassionate release. Clemency, properly reformed, would also allow a path to freedom that does not run...

...Daniel T. Kobil In light of the unprecedented pardoning practices of President Trump, we should consider curbing some of the most questionable instances of presidential pardoning by amending Article II of the Constitution to provide that the president may grant pardons only “after conviction...

...Matthew Gluck; Jack Goldsmith Since the nineteenth century, presidents have largely relied on recommendations from the Office of the Pardon Attorney when granting pardons and commutations. The current process for making clemency recommendations usually takes more than a year. It is governed...

...Frank O. Bowman, III The pardon power of the U.S. president is very broad. A president may pardon any federal crime committed prior to the date of the pardon, and may issue pardons to individuals or groups of persons for offenses committed in connection with multiple discrete events. However...