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 ...

More than a thousand lawyers at advocacy groups and in private and government service are participating in a first-of-its kind program to secure mass commutations for federal prisoners. More than a ...

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 ...

Jamal Muhammad thanks Gov. Phil Murphy for commuting his prison sentence at a Princeton University ceremony on Nov. 10, 2025. (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor) PRINCETON — Gov. Phil Murphy ...

Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday, Nov. 10, announced a sweeping new round of clemency actions, granting 29 pardons and 19 commutations to people serving or having served prison sentences across New Jersey — ...

Last week, Oregon Governor Kate Brown, formerly-incarcerated advocate Michael Thompson, and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin spoke at the University on the importance of clemency in ...