Clemency Coalition News Today

ICE belives Pascal “Shakoure” Charpentier is a citizen of Haiti. A pardon from Gov. Hochul would keep him from being deported to a country he's never visited.

On Valentine’s Day, as many other couples exchange gifts or do a special date night, I will mark the holiday and show my love for my husband Christopher by traveling to Albany to call on our legislators to pass the Clemency Justice Act, a bill to ensure Gov. Hochul makes good on her promise to create a more transparent clemency system for thousands of people in New York.

Plus: Immigration advocates support clemency justice act, and others fight for a health plan for immigrant essential workers

Governor Parson commutes the sentences of four drug offenders, pardons 24 others     JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO ) — In the days leading up to Christmas, Governor Mike Parson granted clemency to several incarcerated individuals Monday, saying it is the time of year for forgiveness. The governor’s office did not immediately release the names of the people pardoned, or the four offenders whose sentence he commuted, saying families were being contacted. One of those families anxi...