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Expungement and Pardons in Wisconsin: A Brief Overview
Wisconsin ranks 38th in the nation on laws related to restoring rights and opportunities after arrest or conviction.1 According to the Wisconsin Policy Forum, Wisconsin is the only state in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Prez Trump pardons former business partner of Hunter Biden convicted in 2018
As reported in this AP piece, "President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned a former business partner of Hunter Biden who was convicted of participating in a conspiracy to defraud a…
Criminal
Trying to understand Prez Trump’s unclear claims about former Prez Biden’s pardons
Prez Trump via this Truth Social post makes a variety of unclear claims while asserting that "many" of former Prez Bidens pardons "are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO…
PrawfsBlawg
Procedural puzzles and Trumpian abuses
Main Monday, March 17, 2025Procedural puzzles and Trumpian abusesSome links and brief comments as litigation swirls around the Trump Administration's various abuses of power.1) Sam Bray on DOJ's too-clever-by-half insistence…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal judges rejecting defendants' and DOJ's efforts to expand reach of Prez Trump's Jan 6 pardons
As highlighted in a number of prior posts (see lonks below), in recent weeks federal criminal defendants and sometimes even the US Justice Department has been asserting that Prez Trump's…
Criminal
Federal judges rejecting defendants’ and DOJ’s efforts to expand reach of Prez Trump’s Jan 6 pardons
As highlighted in a number of prior posts (see lonks below), in recent weeks federal criminal defendants and sometimes even the US Justice Department has been asserting that Prez Trump's…
Sentencing Law and Policy
And the federal pardon news and intrigue keeps going on and on
It has become somewhat more common in recent times for a president to make considerable clemency news in his final few months in office. But Prez Trump continues to make…
Criminal
And the federal pardon news and intrigue keeps going on and on
It has become somewhat more common in recent times for a president to make considerable clemency news in his final few months in office. But Prez Trump continues to make…
Criminal
Not long after appointment of “pardon czar,” Trump Administration fires Justice Department’s Pardon Attorney
In a couple of recent posts (here and here) since Prez Trump's announcement that Alice Marie Johnson will serve as his "pardon czar"(see prior posts here and here), I have wondered aloud…
Criminal
Interesting report on interesting hearing over scope of Jan 6 pardons
This new Politico piece provides an effective review of a court hearing earlier today concernng the reach and scope of Prez Trump's Jan 6 pardons. I recommend the full piece,…