There are 4 article(s) tagged pardons:

• February 2025

  • Former Memphis woman named Trump’s ‘pardon czar’

    Former Memphian Alice Marie Johnson, who spent 21 years in prison for drug trafficking before being released in 2018, has been named the new presidential administration’s “pardon czar.”

    By Jody Callahan February 21, 2025

• December 2024

  • Gov. Lee pardons 43 including Memphis software engineer

    All of those pardoned by the governor have been out of prison for at least five years.

    By Bill Dries December 20, 2024

• December 2022

  • Bill Lee grants clemency to 16 people, one from Shelby County

    The governor also made 30 people eligible for parole who were sentenced before a reformed Drug-Free School Zone law was passed in 2020.

    By Ian Round December 22, 2022

• July 2021

  • Lee, criminal justice advocates differ on clemency

    Some criminal justice advocates say Gov. Bill Lee has not lived up to a commitment to use his clemency power.

    By Ian Round July 26, 2021