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Trump pardons sparked controversy but have been the fewest in more than 100 years President Trump's pardons have included servicemembers charged with murder and a former national security adviser accused of lying to the FBI Jim Sergent, Savannah Behrmann and George Petras, USA TODAY Published 3:00 pm UTC Jan. 5, 2021 President Donald Trump, like many of his predecessors, is using his final days in the White House to increase his use of pardons and commutations, including some that have sparked controversy.   Trump has already issued several politically charged clemencies, with 49 pardons a...

Trump pardons sparked controversy but have been the fewest in more than 100 years President Trump's pardons have included servicemembers charged with murder and a former national security adviser accused of lying to the FBI Jim Sergent, Savannah Behrmann and George Petras, USA TODAY Published 3:00 pm UTC Jan. 5, 2021 President Donald Trump, like many of his predecessors, is using his final days in the White House to increase his use of pardons and commutations, including some that have sparked controversy.   Trump has already issued several politically charged clemencies, with 49 pardons a...

Dance troupe Uzima records a program for "Light One Candle: A South Bend Community Celebration" on Dec. 5 at South Bend Civic Theatre in South Bend. A collaboration between Civic and the South Bend Symphony Orchestra that premieres online Saturday, the program also features Uzima, Southold Dance Theater and other area groups. Tribune Photo/ROBERT FRANKLIN

Presidents shouldn’t have blanket pardon power Clemency and pardons are ripe for abuse — but ending the practice entirely would be unjust too. By David ShribmanUpdated December 17, 2020, 3:00 a.m. Email to a Friend Michael Flynn, who was President Trump's first national security adviser, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI but got pardoned by Trump.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg In the next few weeks, President Donald J. Trump, with his unerring instinct for provoking controversy, very likely will issue a flurry of pardons or commutations — to several of his onetime aides, perhaps t...

The 1970's, as far as country music is concerned, may well be remembered as the decade we were introduced to the 'Outlaw Movement'. It may be remembered as a decade that was dominated by the now legendary Hall of Famer Conway Twitty. It might be recalled as the decade we all got swept up into the CB Craze, thanks in the largest part to C.W. McCall and his mega-hit 'Convoy'. And it was also the decade that gave us one of the most unusual love song's in Country Music history, by an artist that no one had ever heard of.