House Democrats are introducing a bill to overhaul the clemency process
A group of House lawmakers are proposing legislation that would take the clemency process out of the Justice Department and create an independent clemency board.
A group of House lawmakers on Friday are set to unveil new legislation that would remove the federal clemency process from the Justice Department and instead create an independent clemency board for people who have been convicted of federal crimes.
The creation of such an independent board has been a priority of some criminal justice activists, who argue that the Justice Department is not well suited to submit clemency recommendations
