“What these pardons signal — together with everything else — is that all bets are now off,” said Frank Bowman, a legal historian and professor emeritus at the University of Missouri School ...

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“What these pardons signal — together with everything else — is that all bets are now off,” said Frank Bowman, a legal historian and professor emeritus at the University of Missouri School ...

ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — Clemency has come early and often in President Donald Trump's second term, prompting nearly 10,000 convicts to request pardons or commutations of their prison sentences.

The flurry of requests has been sparked by Trump’s frequent and eyebrow-raising grants of clemency since retaking office in January.