Commutations

News

Kim Kardashian apparently persuaded Trump to release an incarcerated woman from prison

06.06.18

By Carter Sherman
After 20 Years in Prison for Crack, Bobby Reed Caught a Break

01.19.17

By Allie Conti
Arnold Ray Jones

Why I Rejected President Obama’s Clemency Offer

01.19.17

By Casey Tolan
Identity

How Significant Are Obama’s 1,385 Commutations?

01.18.17

By Kimberly Lawson
News

Two Guys Are Serving Life in Prison for Weed — But Obama Is Letting Them Out Early

12.19.15

By Tess Owen
Obama Shortened the Sentences of 95 Prisoners Today

12.18.15

By VICE Staff
We Talked to One of the 46 Inmates Barack Obama Ordered Released from Prison

07.21.15

By Seth Ferranti and Robert Rosso
What Federal Inmates Are Saying About President Obama’s Plan to Visit a Prison Today

07.16.15

By Seth Ferranti and Robert Rosso
News

Obama Outlines Criminal Justice Reform Plan After Year of Police Killings and Protests

07.15.15

By Liz Fields
Drugs

Why Won’t Obama Let More Drug Offenders Out of Jail Early?

12.23.14

By Allie Conti

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How Getting Dropped From a Record Label Helped ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Songwriters Create Massively Popular ‘Labor of Love’

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Liz Phair Describes Disastrous Holiday Performance From the Early 2000s: ‘I Didn’t Belong Here’

Liz Phair, 90s alt-rock legend, was once asked to perform at the Rockefeller Center tree lighting event, and it did not go well.

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