US Presidential Pardons and Acts of Clemency, 1945-2025
graph by Mike Wendling/BBC, slow reveal by Jenna Laib
(Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)
Type of Graph: double bar graph
Visualization Source: Wendling, Mike. “Freed Capitol riot ringleaders regroup – and vow ‘retribution’.” BBC News: January 22, 2025.
Data Source: US Justice Department and White House, as of January 22, 2025
Potential Math Content: double bar graph, estimating values, comparing values, large numbers
Potential Content Connections: US government, policy, presidents, drug sentencing, January 6
Paired Text:
- Duggal, Hannah and Marium Ali. “How do Donald Trump’s pardons compare with other US Presidents?” Al Jazeera: January 23, 2025.
- Shogan, Colleen. “The History of the Presidential Pardon.” White House History: December 2, 2020.
- Wendling, Mike. “Freed Capitol riot ringleaders regroup – and vow ‘retribution’.” BBC News: January 22, 2025.
- Wharton, David. “Trump and Biden add to long, strange history of presidential pardons.” Los Angeles Times: January 27, 2025.
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