On November 1, 1950 two Puerto Rican nationalists, Oscar Collazo and Griselo Torresola, attempted to assassinated President Harry Truman at his temporary residence at the Blair House. It failed and one officer, Leslie Coffelt, was killed in the line of duty. However, before he died, Coffelt managed to kill Torresola with one shot to the head. Coffelt is buried at Arlington National Center.
Collazo was arrested and sentenced to be executed but was eventually commuted to a life sentence by Truman himself. President Jimmy Carter pardoned (clemency) Collazo in 1979.
Here's a list of Presidents who offered commuted sentences and pardons.
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