Bondi’s Clemency Shift Raises Question on Policy Approach (1)

As Florida attorney general last decade, Pam Bondi played a central role restricting voting rights for felons and served on a state board that sparingly granted inmates second chances.

Then as a lawyer in President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration, Bondi facilitated some of Trump’s late-term decisions to reduce sentences or pardon dozens of prisoners.

Now, as she awaits likely Senate confirmation to serve as his attorney general, Bondi’s divergent record has criminal justice experts waiting to see how she approaches key sentencing and prison reform debates. Supporters say Bondi has evolved to embrace rehabilitation and reentry, but critics can’t get ...