A major step toward defusing tensions in a conflict that has long divided Spain has prompted mixed reactions from an independence movement.
Category: Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons
Two Years After Legalizing Cannabis, Has Canada Kept Its Promises?
Legal pot has made Canadian justice a little fairer, with “heavily racialized” arrests for possession mostly ending. But vows on amnesty, illicit sales and Indigenous inclusion are works in progress.
With Trump Presidency Winding Down, Push for Assange Pardon Ramps Up
Supporters of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have enlisted a lobbyist with connections to the president and filed a clemency petition with the White House.
Blackwater’s Bullets Scarred Iraqis. Trump’s Pardon Renewed the Pain.
Iraqi witnesses against Blackwater guards were promised justice after a mass killing in Baghdad in 2007. ‘Today,’ one said, the bullets still in his leg, ‘they proved to me it was just theater.’