Clemency Project 2014 was hampered by a major problem not of its making. The lawyers best-equipped to handle these cases—public defenders and private criminal defense lawyers paid by the government to ...

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced 48 pardons and commutations as part of his clemency initiative at a press conference in Whig Hall on Monday. “[Whig-Clio] is an incredibly fitting venue for ...

Last summer, Gov. Phil Murphy announced a new clemency initiative designed to fast-track the review of certain applications for pardons or commutations. He's issued two "rounds" of actions since then ...

Among those granted clemency was Brenda Thompson, who was pardoned for a series of drug and property crimes connected to substance use between 2000 and 2006. — NJ Office of the Governor Gov. Phil ...