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Nicholas Sutton, 58, is set to be executed at the Riverbend Maximum Security Prison in Nashville on Thursday evening.

Nicholas Todd Sutton, 58, is scheduled to be executed for the killing of another inmate in Tennessee. Prison staff, relatives of his victims, and others who know him say he is a new man.

A former U.S. soldier who was pardoned by Donald Trump after being convicted on two counts of second-degree murder offered loving praise for the president and railed against his critics.

"Transformation should be accompanied by hope," Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam wrote. 

Michigan Governor-elect Gretchen Whitmer said she would begin "taking some action" on the issue early next year.

The Hammonds were sentenced to five years in prison for arson in 2015.

"Right now, my prayer of focus for you was in Psalm 105. 'Touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm.' Kim has been anointed to do this. And no one better not touch her—even with their mouth."

Kim Kardashian West seeks clemency for Alice Johnson, who is serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense.

The former national security adviser pleaded guilty in the special counsel's Russia investigation.

Donald Trump has been asking about his power to grant clemency in light of the Russia investigation. Here's how it works.

We need legislative reforms to abolish or reduce the length of mandatory drug sentences, with the changes made retroactive.