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Dontae Sharpe reacts outside the Pitt County Courthouse after a judge determined he could be set free on Aug. 22, 2019, in Greenville, N.C. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday pardoned Sharpe, who spent 24 years behind bars for a murder he has long

A North Carolina man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years is pardoned

Nov 13, 2021
The pardon allows Dontae Sharpe to apply for compensation for his wrongful conviction for first-degree murder. A witness against him said her claims were made up, based on what investigators told her.
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Politics
Steve Bannon leaves federal court, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, after pleading not guilty to charges that he defrauded donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a southern border wall.

Trump Pardons Steve Bannon, Lil Wayne In Final Clemency Flurry

Jan 19, 2021

Bannon and Lil Wayne were two of dozens of people granted clemency by Trump just hours before his terms comes to a close.

NPR
Law
The Justice Department is investigating possible schemes to exchange money for a presidential pardon, according to a document filed in federal court.

Justice Department Investigating Possible Bribery-For-Pardon Scheme

Dec 01, 2020
A document filed in federal court seems to show a probe into lobbying for a pardon and a related scheme to offer payment. Large swaths of the document, including names, are blacked out.
NPR
Law
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin defends pardoning and commuting sentences for more than 400 convicted people in his final days in office.

Ex-Kentucky Gov. Defends Controversial Pardons For Child Rapist, Murderer

Dec 20, 2019
Matt Bevin told Kentucky station WHAS Thursday: "If you had been repeatedly sexually violated, as a small child, by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically."
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National
(From left) Lake County, Fla., Sheriff Willis McCall and an unidentified man stand next to Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Charles Greenlee. The three were accused of rape in 1949, along with a fourth man. They were all pardoned Friday.

Accused Of Florida Rape 70 Years Ago, 4 Black Men Get Posthumous Pardons

Jan 11, 2019
The new governor said the arrests and trials, and in two cases the killings, of the Groveland Four were unjust. Families of the men had worked for the pardons. The accuser maintained she did not lie.
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