Clemency

More than 150 people have called for Gov. Mike Parson to grant Brian Dorsey clemency — including corrections officers, Republican state representatives, jurors, and the Missouri Supreme Court judge who upheld Dorsey’s conviction and death sentence in 2009.

On Tuesday night, Blagojevich walked free from a federal prison four years before he was scheduled to be released. He is among 11 people who received clemency, the White House says.

In the 18 months he has been in office, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has acted on just one of over 3,500 clemency cases. The Republican governor inherited a…

Fifty-two people have been granted clemency by Gov. Pat Quinn for crimes that date back decades.Quinn announced Friday that he has expunged the records of…

Gov. Pat Quinn has granted 74 clemencies and denied 99 petitions, chipping away at a backlog of more than 2,500 cases in Illinois.Quinn's office says that…

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn granted 85 clemency petitions and denied 189 others in the latest round of action to clear a backlog of cases left by his…

UPDATE 2:08 p.m. Feb. 8, 2011:The Missouri Supreme Court is refusing to halt the execution of Martin Link.The court announced the decision without comment…